1. Name that cloud

2 Name the 4 mechanisms shown below, that cause clouds and precipitation

a b

c d

3. Name this cumulus cloud

4. Why do high clouds, like cirrostratus, look colder than low clouds, like stratus, on an infrared satellite image?

x

5. This experiment illustrates an important mechanism of precipitation formation. A. What is this process called?B. What is the physical basis of this process?

6. Name the type of precipitation at

the ground, in each case

7. (a) At what rate does the air cool on the upwind side, above the LCL?

(b) At what rate does the air cool on the downwind side?

(please give names, not numbers)

8. Briefly explain the Coriolis effect by means of this diagram

9. (a) What is the name of this theoretical wind?(b) What are the blue contours called?(c) What additional force causes the real wind to deflect from this theoretical wind, across the blue lines towards the lower pressure?

wind

1004 mb

1008 mb

1012 mb

1016 mb

10. (a) Explain why at the North Pole the 500 mb surface is lower than at 30ºN.(b) Discuss how this also explains the existence of strong westerly winds aloft, say at 500 mb.

11.a. What is the name of this circulation cell?

11c. What is the direction of the surface winds in this region?

11b. What is the direction of the surface winds in this region?

11d. What are the winds in this

region called?

11.e. Is the sea-level pressure here high or low?

12.a. The red dashed lines on this 500 mb chart are …

b. The blue jagged lines are …

13. The blue lines shows the average location of the ITCZ in two different months. Explain the seasonal shift.

14. Name these airmasses

b

a

d

c

15. What is the name of this front?

16. Why does more snow fall on the east and south sides of the Great Lakes? Explain in terms of wind, temperatures, and surface fluxes.

Total annual snowfall, in inches