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Rise and shine Contest 3. Meteorology 415 Fall 2012 November 6, 2012. Which location does this metar best match?. 041951Z 28007KT 8SM FEW047 SCT070 BKN110 20/11 A2995 RMK AO2 RAE1859. Nashville, TN Jackson, MS Tallahassee, FL Augusta, GA Charleston, SC. Consider the 850mb map.
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Rise and shine Contest 3 Meteorology 415 Fall 2012 November 6, 2012
Which location does this metar best match? 041951Z 28007KT 8SM FEW047 SCT070 BKN110 20/11 A2995 RMK AO2 RAE1859 • Nashville, TN • Jackson, MS • Tallahassee, FL • Augusta, GA • Charleston, SC
Consider the 850mb map • What is unusual about the JAN report? • The temperature is a minimum • There is a maximum of moisture • The winds are a maximum • There is cold advection • The dewpoint is higher than values around it
What factor is most certain to cause a rapid deepening of the low? • The apparent phasing of two waves • The enhanced baroclinicity over the Gulf Stream • The proclivity for waves to amplify in the wake of Hrcn Sandy • The negative tilt to the trough axis