UGA GEOG1111 Chapter 6

Hailstones

Hailstones

________ are droplets that go through lots of updrafts and downdrafts.

Convectional Lifting

________- The air above warmer surface is heated and rises (over a parking lot)

Thunderstorms

________ tend to form along cold fronts because cold air lifts the warm air causing a lot of condensation and latent heat release.

Updrafts

________ draw more water vapor into the cloud, Downdrafts cause the precipitation and winds at the surface.

Cyclone

Midlatitude ________: Migrating low pressure cells that move in a band with the westerlies.

Windward

________= Up the Mountain, forms clouds because it gets colder and reaches dew point temperature.

Low pressure center

________: air converges and ascends, causing cooling and condensation.

Chinook Winds

________- Downslope winds on the leeside.

Warm front

________: Warm air moves up and over cold air.

Cold air forces

________ warm air aloft, creating cumulonimbus clouds.

Thunderstorms

________ are powered by the latent heat of condensation.

Moisture

m = maritime (relative moist), c = continental (relatively dry)

Temperature

A = Arctic, Polar, Tropical, Equatorial, AAntarctic

Chinook Winds

Downslope winds on the leeside

Frontal Lifting

Cold air front runs into warm air, lifting the warm air off the ground./

Cold front

Steep face that hugs the ground

Warm front

Warm air moves up and over cold air

Midlatitude Cyclone

Migrating low pressure cells that move in a band with the westerlies

Necessary data

Pressure, air temperature, dew point temperature, wind speed/direction, cloud type, etc