Exam 3 Meteorology Lab Review

The wind around a high-pressure center above the boundary layer in the Northern Hemisphere blows ____.

• counterclockwise and outward from the center

• clockwise and inward toward the center

• clockwise and parallel to isobars around the center

• clockwise and outward from the center

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The wind direction reported by this weather station is _______.

• from the northwest

• from the northeast

• from the southwest

• from the southeast

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In a trough, which forces act in the same direction?

• Coriolis force and pressure gradient force

• Centrifugal force and pressure gradient force

• Coriolis force and centrifugal force

• Coriolis force, centrifugal force, and pressure gradient force

True or False? Air pressure decreases with height more rapidly in warm air than in cold air.

• True

• False

In Texas, which pattern does not occur with an El Nino?

• Wet spring

• Cool spring

• Higher likelihood of tropical cyclone activity in the Gulf of Mexico

• Less likelihood of tropical cyclone activity in the Gulf of Mexico

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

El Nino is associated with

• normal trade wind conditions.

• anomalously cold water in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.

• anomalously higher pressure in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

• anomalously lower pressure in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A surface low pressure center is generally vertically aligned with ____ .

• convergence downstream of an upper-level trough

• divergence downstream of an upper-level trough

• zonal flow aloft

• an upper-level low pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A stationary front does not move because ____.

• winds on both sides of the front are calm

• the winds blow parallel to the front

• the winds blow perpendicular to the front

• the winds blow against each other and are of equal strength

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Typically, model errors contaminate most of the math solutions (formulated for daily forecasts) past

• the first day

• the third day

• the fifth day

• the seventh day

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which is not a semi-permanent year-round pressure signal?

• Siberian High

• Bermuda High

• Siberian Low

• Bermuda Low