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Local winds develop when there’s a difference in______ in adjacent surfaces.

Temperature

Local winds that blow from an ocean to land are called

Sea Breeze

Often associated with a sea breeze front

Wind shift

Defined as large body of air with generally uniform temperature and humidity

An air mass

The dissipating of a front is known as

Frontolysis

In an occluded front, warm air mass moves faster than a moving cold air mass that has a warm air mass in front of it, overtaking the cold air mass.

False

In the Central U.S a dry line advances____ __during the afternoon and_______ at night

Eastward, Westward

Rate of dry adiabatic cooling is approximately ___ per 1,000 feet of altitude.

3 degrees

Which of the following is not a common source of vertical motion of the air.

Foundational Lift

Level at which a parcel of moist air lifted dry adiabatically becomes saturated.

Lifting condensation Level

Local winds are greatly affected by coriolis force

False

What causes a valley breeze

Air on slope surface heating faster than air on valley surface

A mountain breeze is the opposite of a

Valley breeze

This type of front has a steep slope and abrupt pushes warm air upward

Cold

Saturated air cool at a lower rate than unsaturated air as it is lifted

True