Exam 14: Weather Patterns and Severe Weather

When it comes to mid-latitude cyclones and anti-cyclones, airflow aloft has very little relationship (if any)with airflow at Earth's surface.

Hail, thunder, and tornadoes are all characteristic features of a(n)________ front.

When an active cold front overtakes a warm front a(n)________ forms.

On a weather map, ________ are shown by a line with triangular points on one side.

A hurricane that ranks as a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale is moving north towards an east-west-trending section of the Mississippi coast at 40 kilometers per hour. The net winds on the right side of the storm will be ________ kilometers per hour

Once warm, moist air, is lifted, the buoyancy necessary to maintain its upward flight is provided by ________.