Meteorology 111 Jeopardy


1. 	 Upper-Level Movers

$200	The term that is a measure of "spin" in the atmosphere.   - Vorticity

$400	When you have upper-level divergence, you have what happening in the low levels.  - Convergence

$600	When the strongest winds in the jet stream are located upstream or to the left of the trough axis, the jet will most likely do what. - Dig

$800 	This type of vorticity advection leads to downward motion in the atmosphere.  - NVA

$1000	Daily Double - The two quadrants of a jet streak where upward motion is most favored.  RRQ & LFQ


2.	Low-Level Shakers

$200	Converging air near the surface, causes the air to move this way.  - Upward

$400	This type of low-level advection causes downward motion.  Cold Air Advection

$600   These help to keep land masses warm in the winter, compared to other places that don‘t have these surrounding them.  Lakes/Oceans/Water

$800	What two processes make up Warm Air Advection (WAA) and Cold Air Advection (CAA)  - Temperature and Wind. Movement of temperatures by wind.  

$1000	The low-level jet helps produce what type of weather in Iowa during the summer months.  Nighttime Convection.


3.	Temperature Toughies

$200	Under what type of cloud condition (clear, scattered, or overcast) can you expect to have a warmer than usual night.  Overcast

$400	The thing that inhibits convection from developing a hot and humid afternoon.  - Cap

$600	This term for "difference in heights."  It can tell you how warm or cold a layer of the atmosphere is.  Thickness

$800	The term that is a measure of the amount of energy in the atmosphere that is released when convection develops.  CAPE

$1000	This is the magic thickness number.  Tell me what it is and why it’s so magical.  5400. Helps to determine roughly where the rain/snow line will be.  


4.	Pressure Problems

$200	The basic unit of measurement for pressure in meteorology.  - Millibar

$400	The force that is caused by the difference in high and low pressure.  Pressure Gradient Force

$600	Low-level convergence is commonly associated with type of pressure.  Low pressure

$800	This is the pressure level, meteorologists like to use to determine where the vorticity is.  500 mb.

$1000  This moves a low pressure system.  Where the greatest pressure falls are ahead of the low.   


5.	Potpourri

$200	These are warm-core systems, while your typical cyclone is cold-core.  Hurricane

$400	The amount of hours you subtract to go from Zulu time to Central Daylight Time.  5

$600	Visual Daily Double  How strong is this wind speed?   Draw 85 kts.

$800	This is a term that combines the properties of temperature and dew point.  It’s advection is important to cause upward motion sufficient for precipitation.  - Theta-E

$1000	What causes a front to move at the surface - The movement of the cold air.