During the Blizzard of 1983, a(n) ____________________ turned into a ferocious storm.
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Q. 2When a shortwave disturbs a longwave trough that lies parallel to and directly above a stationary front, the rising of warm air and the sinking of cold air establishes a condition known as ____________________.
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Q. 3Where maritime arctic air and colder continental arctic air meet, the boundary separating them is called a(n) ____________________.
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Q. 4____________________ is the transfer of vorticity (the rate of horizontal spin of air parcels) by wind.
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Q. 5Another term for Earths vorticity is ____________________ vorticity.
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Q. 6Divergence aloft causes a(n) ____________________ in the cyclonic (positive) vorticity of surface cyclones, which usually results in ____________________ and upward air motions.
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Q. 7When viewed from above, air that spins cyclonically (counterclockwise) has ____________________ and air that spins anticyclonically (clockwise) has ____________________.
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