What is the largest component of Earth’s atmosphere

A temperature inversion is characterized by air temperature that

It’s a cool and cloudy morning at Long Beach. The temperature is 62 and the dewpoint is 59. A pilot takes off from Long Beach airport and notices the temperature “jumps” to 85 degrees at an altitude of 3,000 ft along his initial ascent where the sun is shining and the sky is a stunning blue above a white ocean of clouds. This weather scene is technically known as a

The ITCZ or Inter Tropical Convergence Zone is a good example of a

It’s 95 degrees in Glendale and 65 degrees in Santa Monica, given what we have learned so far about weather and local winds what kind of a wind might you expect between Santa Monica and Glendale (choose the best answer)?

A sea breeze is an example of

The strongest jet stream energy is associated with

During the summer the jet stream typically

The fact that heat and cold go through fluctuations, with some areas hotter and others colder, some years warmer and others colder and by extension some places drier while others wetter is a result of

When the air is warmer near the surface and colder in the upper atmosphere, oftentimes evident by the development of upward rising cumulus clouds, the conditions are said to be

If there is a mid-latitude cyclone with cold air aloft moving in, the temperatures near the surface are warmer than above, there is adequate moisture available for cloud formation, the winds at ground level are coming in from the Southeast at 15 knots, as altitude increases the wind is observed to be increasing as well changing direction to South at 5,000 feet , then Southwest at 18,000 feet with a strength of 60 knots. The Doppler radar begins to pick up on a developing and intensifying “cell” with light green around the edges and yellow, orange and even red toward the middle. If you were a forecaster you would begin to consider the possibility of

Los Angeles rainfall has been

When the temperature and dewpoint temperature are not equal