In the conveyor belt model, directly below a warm conveyor belt, a cold airstream, known as the ____________________, is located.
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Q. 2During baroclinic instability, a ____________________ lows often appear as single contour lines on an upper-level chart.
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Q. 3When the wavelength of an upper-level wave is on the order of many thousands of kilometers, the wave is called a(n) ____________________.
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Q. 4Cyclones that normally move northeastward along the Atlantic Coast, bringing high winds and heavy snow or rain to coastal areas, are referred to as ____________________.
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Q. 5In polar front theory, the region of warm air between the cold and warm fronts is known as the ____________________.
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Q. 6The polar front is a semicontinuous global boundary separating cold ____________________ air from warm ____________________ air.
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Q. 7In a mid-latitude cyclone, when upper-level divergence of air above a surface low pressure area is stronger than the convergence of surface air (more air is taken out at the top than is brought in at the bottom), the surface pressure will ____________________ and the storm itself will ____________________.
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Q. 8Developing low pressure areas in mid-latitude cyclones generally have ____________________ air near the surface and ____________________ air aloft.
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