LINKS                   CHAPTER 1 MONITORING THE WEATHER

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Class Meetings
Course            1. Viewed from above in the Northern Hemisphere, surface
Description       winds surrounding a high pressure system blow
Course Schedule   clockwise and inward.
Grading           clockwise and outward.
Learning          counterclockwise and inward.
Objectives        counterclockwise and outward.
Photographs
Practice          2. Usually, ___________weather is associated with a high
Questions         pressure system and __________ weather is associated with
Special Notice    a low pressure system.
Student           stormy..........fair
Responsibilities  stormy..........stormy
                  fair...........stormy
Access to Online  fair...........fair
Daily Weather
Summary and       3. The cold, snowy side of a winter cyclone is usually to
Learning          the __________ of the storm track.
Activities        west and north
                  east and south
National Weather  south
Service - Green
Bay
                  4. A front is a narrow zone of transition between air
       Home       masses that differ in
                  temperature only.
                  humidity only.
                  temperature and/or humidity.

                  5. A measure of the actual concentration of the water
                  vapor component of air compared to the concentration of
                  water vapor at saturation:
                  maximum temperature
                  relative humidity
                  dewpoint
                  air pressure

                  6. Wind direction is always specified for the
                  direction________the wind blows.
                  from which
                  toward which

                  7. The band of clouds and precipitation associated with a
                  warm front is _________the band of clouds and
                  precipitation produced by a cold front.
                  narrower than
                  broader than
                  about the same width as

                  8. A weather __________ is issued by the National Weather
                  Service when hazardous weather is imminent or actually
                  taking place.
                  watch
                  warning

                  9. A type of satellite image that is available both night
                  and day:
                  visible
                  infrared

                  10. The intensity of a weather radar echo ________ with
                  an increase in the rate of rainfall.
                  increases
                  decreases
                  does not change



                  Score =
                  Correct answers:


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