Block 1 Met 3

Thunderstorms are produced from what?

Northeast monsoon is the primary wind circulation pattern and happens in which season?

What are the 4 intensities of icing?

What type of thunderstorms consist of MCC and MCS?

The duration of La Niña is _ to _ months but can last up to 2 years

A hurricane or typhoon has an eye and averages in size between ____ to ____ miles and has calm surface winds.

Non convective events are associated with stratiform clouds poleward of a strong ____ front.

What are the three ingredients you need to make a thunderstorm?

La Niña is the ____ phase of the ENSO.

The northeast monsoon is considered to be what type of season for southeast Asia?

Tropical cyclone intensities is measured on what scale?

Storm surge is what?

A snow event has to have winds at ____ knots or more to be considered a blizzard

What are the three thunderstorm intensities?

Tropical cyclones are areas of ____ pressure that occur in the tropics.

Frontal thunderstorms are more common with cold fronts, squall lines, than ____.

What are the 4 turbulence intensities?

A stable wave tilts to the ____ with height.

A tropical depression has a tracking NUMBER, poorly defined cyclonic circulation and wind speeds of ____.

El Niño forms when trade winds _____ speed and unable to push water towards the western Pacific Ocean.

What are the 3 icing types?

The valley breeze flows from valley to mountain top

Light rime icing forms up to ____ miles poleward of warm fronts.

La Niña forms when trade winds _____ speed and able to push water further into the western Pacific Ocean.

How does tornadogenesis start?

Low level mechanical turbulence occurs over what?

In the multi trip theory for hail, when the ice particles get too heavy for the updraft they fall into what?

Forced convection is the Upward Vertical Motion of air resulting from what?

Clear icing looks like what on the edge of the wing of the aircraft?

Mountain wave turbulence occurs as a result of strong winds flowing _____ to mountain ranges.

Rime can form in cumuliform clouds with Temps of ranging from ____ to ____.

Supercells have an outflow boundary with wind speeds of __ kts or more.

If a tropical cyclone goes over land if starts to undergo what?

El Niño is the ____ phase of the El Nino Southern Oscillation.

An MCS forms in what pattern?

The northeast monsoon has a what kind of wind flow?

The southwest monsoon is considered to be what type of season for southeast Asia?

Life span of air mass and orographic thunderstorms is what?

What are the three stages of thunderstorm development?

El Niño (frequency) occurs irregularly every _ to _ years with an average of 3 to 4 years.

Refering to lightning,, the upper part of the cloud produces a __ charge and the lower part produces a ___ charge.

Clear Air Turbulence, usually not associated with clouds, can sometimes be experienced in which clouds?

At night the mountain slopes _____ quickly as does the air above them. (Mountain Breeze)

How is RFD or rear flank downdraft created?

The southwest monsoon is the seasonal reversal of the wind flow pattern and happens in which season?

A waterspout vortex is on what when it reaches the Earth's surface?

The equatorial trough is formed by the ____ effect.

Unstable wave tilts to the ____ with height.

Chinook winds have what characteristics?

Stationary or slow moving thunderstorms include airmass, orographic, and what?

What must you have in the mid etage to have a supercell?

The southwest monsoon has what kind of wind flow?

If the supercell is weak, the tornado will transition to what stage?

Bora winds have what on the windward side?

A tropical storm has wind speeds of ___ to ____ with well defined cyclonic circulation and given a name.

A sea breeze is a ______ feature?