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Hint
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Answer
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With cold air advection, winds ______ with height
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Back
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Backing means that winds will rotate _______
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Counter-clockwise
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With warm air advection, winds ______ with height
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Veer
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Veering means that winds will rotate ______ with height
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Clockwise
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The level of non-divergence is located at this level of the atmosphere
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500 hPa
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In QG-Height, vorticity advection will be ________
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Local
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When heights fall, we can attribute this to _______
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Local CVA
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When heights rise, we can attribute this to _______
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Local AVA
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In QG-Height, temperature advection will be ________
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Differential
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When heights fall AT THE SURFACE, we can attribute this to ________
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dWAA
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When heights rise ALOFT, we can attribute this to __________
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Differential WAA
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When heights rise AT THE SURFACE, we can attribute this to _________
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dCAA
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When height fall ALOFT, we can attribute this to ________
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Differential CAA
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T or F: A digging trough will move upwards, following CVA relative to a vorticity maximum
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F
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A digging/lifting trough will follow ______ relative to a ________
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CVA and Vorticity Maximum/cva and vorticity maximum
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In QG-Omega, vorticity advection will be ______
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differential
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When there is upward vertical motion, there will be ______
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dCVA
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When there is downward vertical motion, there will be ______
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dAVA
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In QG-Omega, temperature advection will be _______
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local
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When there is upward vertical motion, there will be _____ ______
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Local WAA
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When there is downward vertical motion, there will be _____ ______
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Local CAA
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Q-Vectors will clue us in on _______
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Convergence
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Hint
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Answer
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The atmosphere is _________ _________
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Hydrodynamically unstable
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Where temperature gradients are not important for understanding or explaining flow
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Barotropic
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Where temperature gradients drive atmospheric processes
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Baroclinic
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When evaluating how a cyclone will move, aside from vorticity, it is also important to look at ______ ______
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Thermal winds
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For zonal flows, our radius of deformation will always begin at ______
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3900km
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This tilt will be the most optimal tilt for our midlatitude cyclones
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Westward
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Where we see strong rising motion over a low pressure surface, we will see _______ __________
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Cyclone Intensification
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When looking for diabatic heating/latent heat forces and cloud cover, you should look at
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700 Relative Humidity
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When looking for temperature advection terms, you should look at
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850 Temperatures
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When looking for vorticity advection terms, you should look at
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500 Vorticity
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When looking for how a cyclone will move, you should look at
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QG-Height/QG-Omega
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When looking for how a cyclone will evolve, you should look at
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QG-Omega
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When looking for how a cyclone will progress through the westerlies, you should look at
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Thermal wind
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When looking at how a trough or ridge will amplify, you should look at
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Ageostrophic flux
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When determining how a cyclone will be influenced at the upper levels, you should look at
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300 Winds
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When evaluating how the upper levels will maintain or inhibit a cyclone, you should look at this feature
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Jet stream
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When determining how a cyclone will strengthen over land or water, you should look at this term
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Static stability
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When determining locations of rising motion separate from QG, you should look at
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Isentropic Analyses
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When attempting to locate conveyor belts/jet streams, you should look at
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Water Vapor
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When identifying features such as cloud shields or baroclinic leaves, you should look at
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Visibile
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To identify fronts, you should look at
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Isentropic Analysis/Surface maps
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T or F: When forecasting, you can completely trust a model's output as 100% reality
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F
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