Physical Geography: Ch7 (HW6)

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