midlatitude anticyclone
continental Polar
cP
stationary
at the edges of air masses
Which front is shown on weather maps as a line with alternating semicircles and triangles on the same side of the line?
occluded front
air rises
In which frontal type is there no "aggressor" air mass?
stationary
is associated with sunny, dry weather
cold
cold
middle
a wave cyclone
1,600
westerlies
cyclones
downstream of an upper level pressure trough
wave
counterclockwise while converging
Stable anticyclones act as a ________ to moving cyclones.
block
paths determined by the upper flow
cT
the jet stream
gets smaller
At any given time, how many extratropical cyclones might one expect to be in existence in the Northern Hemisphere?
6 to 15
polar front
the conveyor belt
bringing descending air into the cyclone
In a midlatitude anticyclone, where are the strongest winds usually found?
near the eastern edge
tropical cyclone
eye
sinking air
cT