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What is Snow
This type of precip generally occurs when there is a single freezing level below 600ft
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What is 5/8SM?
When observing fog, visibility must be less than
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What is cyclogenesis
The formation or deepening of a cyclone is called
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Haboob
A sandstorm composed of dust found in the desert
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4
Isobars are drawn in intervals of___
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What is Lake Effect Snow
A cPk air mass moving over the Great Lakes can cause this
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What is FU
How smoke is encoded in a METAR
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What is Barotropic
When isotherms and contours are in phase, a low is considered to be
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Beaufort Wind Scale
A system for describing wind from 0-12 using observations in nature when there are no wind measuring instruments available
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pressure/distance
A pressure gradient is the difference between __
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What is 1/10 of an inch
Snowfall is measured to the nearest _____
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What is upslope fog
Caused when orographic lift adiabatically cools parcels of air to saturation
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What is stable wave, unstable wave, mature wave, decaying wave
The life cycle of a wave cyclone consists of these four stages
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Subsidence Inversion
This type of inversion in known for keeping smog dense in populated cities
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Elevation
What determines station pressure?
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What is 5
Using PWI, if the ground is wet and temps are near freezing, multiply PWI by __ to obtain 12hr snowfall amount
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What is Warm Front
Pre-frontal fog occurs with this type of front
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Hatteras Low (Nor'easter)
This is a low pressure system that moves up the Atlantic Coast and picks up moisture in the gulf and can produce high winds and a significant amount of snow or rainfall in the coastal areas
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Downburst
This is a gust of wind from a collapsing thunderstorm
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Typhoon
What is a hurricane in the North Pacific called
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What is -5C - 0C
Heavy snow may occur if the 850-mb dew point is in this 5 degree range
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What is 1/4SM or 400M
Heavy snow showers are reported when visibility is less than this
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Storm Surge
When a major cyclone is over water with extremely low pressures, the water level is higher in the center of the storm with the lowest pressure. What does this cause during landfall?
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Gradient Wind
A wind that blows at a constant speed parallel to curved isobars above the level of frictional influence is
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Geostationary Satellite
These satellites orbit the equator at the same speed as the rotation of the Earth
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