Meteorology B Question Marathon

[meteorology125]

Gust front, some may say the rain-free base.

What is the boundary between the updraft and downdraft of a thunderstorm called?

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Gust Front

Correct, it is the gust front.

[SomeGuyOutThere]

What is the lowest unstable number on the Lifted Index?

[MMeteorite1]

-6 I think. That is a pretty complex question. Just getting my head around CAPE.

What is the lowest unstable number on the Lifted Index?

[MMeteorite1]

What is a"moat" in a hurricane?
What is a neutercane?
What is "Cape Verde" hurricane?

[SomeGuyOutThere]

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A moat is the area of a hurricane between the eye wall and the rain band outside of that. A Cape Verde hurricane is one that develops earlier than normal in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.

[MMeteorite1]

Answers and more can be found here on NOAA Hurricane FAQ Page: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html

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A moat is the area of a hurricane between the eye wall and the rain band outside of that. A Cape Verde hurricane is one that develops earlier than normal in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.

[Shreyas1030]

a neutercane is a system that has characteristics of both a tropical and extratropical cyclones.

[MMeteorite1]

Define wind shear.

[meteorology125]

Define wind shear.

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Change in wind velocity (speed and direction) over distance, usually change over height.

[MMeteorite1]

EXCELLENT!

Define wind shear.

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Change in wind velocity (speed and direction) over distance, usually change over height.