Meteorology IIreview

1. Which city is the warmest at Christmas and what is the temp?• Mombasa, Kenya; 80oF

2. How are these data points related? Opposite or direct?• opposite

3. What is the wind speed and direction?• 30 knots (or mph) and it is a northwest wind

4. What are these lines and what do they show?• Isobars; lines that show equal barometric pressure

5. What type of front moved through between Mon and Tue?• Warm front

Monday Factor Monday Data

Temperature 30 C

Pressure 1015 mb

Wind direction none

Precipitation none

Tuesday Factor Tuesday DataTemperature 35 C

Pressure 996 mb

Wind direction north

Precipitation Steady rain

6. What type of weather is forecasted for San Francisco in the days ahead?• Cold and potential storm

7. At what time is Hurricane Irene at its most intense?• 8pm on Thursday

8. Complete the following three statements about hurricanes.• Hurricanes are so large that• you can see them from space.

• Hurricanes release energy through• The massive condensation from evaporated

ocean water.• Hurricanes that affect the United States orginate

in• the warm Atlantic waters between South

America and Africa.

9. What is an occluded front?

• Cold air mass overtakes a warm air masses and pushes it up

10. Which of the following is true for both hurricanes and tornadoes?• They are cyclones.• They are associated with low barometric pressure.• They involve cumulonimbus clouds.• They are anticyclones.• They rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere.• They both occur most commonly in the spring.