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AMS Weather Studies - Week Eight - Investigation 8B Answer=20 Form
(Complete as directed by your instructor)

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Investigations Manual 8B Answers

  1. (5220) (5350) (5370) (5420) m

  2. (5740) (5780) (5800) (5820) m

  3. (higher) (lower)

  4. (lowest) (highest)

  5. (trough) (ridge)

  6. (troughs) (ridges)

  7. (colder) (warmer)

  8. (increase) (decrease)

  9. (increases) (decreases) (does not change)

  10. (rises) (falls)

  11. (perpendicular) (parallel)

Applications

  1. (counterclockwise and inward) (clockwise and outward)

  2. (warm) (cold)

  3. (was) (was not)

  4. (warm) (cold)

  5. (warmer and more humid) (colder and drier)

  6. (=9618) (=9626) (=9630) =B0C

  7. (=9612) (=9628) (=9632) =B0C

  8. (5760) (5680) (5510) m

  9. (20)(45)(70) kts

  10. (Bismarck, ND) (Lincoln, IL)

  11. (only a trough in the west-central U.S.) (only a ridge over the = eastern=20 U.S.)
    (both a western trough and an eastern ridge)

  12. (slower) (faster)

  13. ("parallel" to the contours) (directed across the contours at large = angles)

  14. (lower) (higher)

  15. (lower) (higher)

  16. (a single trough over the U.S.) (a single ridge over the U.S.) =
    (both a=20 trough in the west and a ridge in the east)

  17. (westward) (eastward)

  18. (northeast) (northwest) (southeast) (southwest)

  19. (was) (was not)

Current Weather Studies 8B Answers

  1. (counterclockwise and inward) (clockwise and outward)

  2. (warm) (cold)

  3. (was) (was not)

  4. (between the Low centers) (along the warm, occluded and cold = fronts)

  5. (north of the Dakota Low center) (along the cold front)

  6. (closely) (widely) - spaced

  7. (=9618) (=9627) (=9630) =B0C

  8. (=9622) (=9630) (=9636) =B0C

  9. (5810) (5600) (5420) m

  10. (20) (45) (70) kts

  11. (Dodge City, KS) (Nashville, TN)

  12. (only a deep trough in the western U.S.) (only a ridge near the = U.S. East=20 Coast)
    (both a western trough and an eastern ridge)

  13. (slower) (faster)

  14. ("parallel" to the contours) (directed across the contours at large = angles)

  15. (lower) (higher)

  16. (lower) (higher)

  17. (southeast) (northeast) (northwest) (southwest)

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