The lake effect occurs when a ___ air mass moves over a ___ body of water.
Answer: cP; warm
The lake effect occurs when a ___ air mass moves over a ___ body of water.
Answer: cP; warm
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Answer: cP; warm
Lake-effect snows are best developed around the Great Lakes during:
Lake-effect snows are best developed around the Great Lakes during:
Answer: late fall and early winter when cold, dry polar air moves over the relatively warm water
Cumuliform cloud development would be most likely in which of the following
Cumuliform cloud development would be most likely in which of the following
Answer: cP air mass moving over warm water
Clear sunny days with very cold nights would be associated with what type of air mass?
Clear sunny days with very cold nights would be associated with what type of air mass?
Answer: cP
Record breaking low temperatures are associated with which air mass?
Record breaking low temperatures are associated with which air mass?
Answer: cP
What type of air mass would be responsible for refreshing cool, dry breezes after a long summer hot spell in the Central Plains?
What type of air mass would be responsible for refreshing cool, dry breezes after a long summer hot spell in the Central Plains?
Answer: cP
The coldest of all air masses is
The coldest of all air masses is
Answer: cA
Which air mass would show the most dramatic change in both temperature and moisture content as it moves over a large body of very warm water?
Which air mass would show the most dramatic change in both temperature and moisture content as it moves over a large body of very warm water?
Answer: Continental Polar (cP) in winter
When cP air moves into western Washington, western Oregon, and California from the east, the air mass is warmer at the surface than it was originally because:
When cP air moves into western Washington, western Oregon, and California from the east, the air mass is warmer at the surface than it was originally because:
Answer: the air sinks, is compressed, and warms
A Texas norther (or blue norther) is most often associated with which air mass?
A Texas norther (or blue norther) is most often associated with which air mass?
Answer: cP
One would expect a cP air mass to be:
One would expect a cP air mass to be:
Answer: cold and dry
An air mass is characterized by similar properties of ___ and ___ in any horizontal direction.
An air mass is characterized by similar properties of ___ and ___ in any horizontal direction.
Answer: temperature; moisture
The greatest contrast in both temperature and moisture will occur along the boundary separating which air masses?
The greatest contrast in both temperature and moisture will occur along the boundary separating which air masses?
Answer: mT and cP
A moist, tropical air mass that is warmer than the surface over which it is moving would be classified
A moist, tropical air mass that is warmer than the surface over which it is moving would be classified
Answer: mT
Compared to an mP air mass, mT air is
Compared to an mP air mass, mT air is
Answer: warmer and moister
In an exceptionally cold winter during which the Great Lakes were entirely covered by ice, lake effect snows would be expected in extremely high frequency and intensity.
In an exceptionally cold winter during which the Great Lakes were entirely covered by ice, lake effect snows would be expected in extremely high frequency and intensity.
Answer: false
The temperature that unsaturated air would have if it moved from its original altitude to a pressure of 1,000 mb is the:
The temperature that unsaturated air would have if it moved from its original altitude to a pressure of 1,000 mb is the:
Answer: potential temperature
Which of the following statements is most plausible?
Which of the following statements is most plausible?
Answer: In winter cA source regions have lower temperatures than cP source regions
Continental polar (cP) and continental Arctic (cA) air masses
Continental polar (cP) and continental Arctic (cA) air masses
Answer: originate over the ice- and snow-covered regions of the arctic, northern Canada, and Alaska where long, clear nights allow for strong radiational cooling of the surface.
The origin of cP and cA air masses that enter the United States is
The origin of cP and cA air masses that enter the United States is
Answer: Northern Canada and Alaska
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