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The primary weather producer in the region between southern Florida and Alaska, essentially the area of the westerlies, is the __________.
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Middle-latitude cyclones develop in conjunction with the __________.
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Which one of the following is NOT a type of front?
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A warm front exists when __________.
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The passage of a warm front is characterized by __________.
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The lifetime of a midlatitude cyclone is generally __________.
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Which type of front will most probably develop over the southern Great Plains when dry, continental tropical (cT) air originating over the American Southwest meets moist, maritime tropical (mT) air from the Gulf of Mexico?
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Following the passage of a spring warm front, a region in the southeastern United States would most likely be under the influence of a __________ air mass.
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Large high-pressure anticyclones that form and persist over the middle latitudes for two weeks or longer and deflect the zonal west-to-east flow poleward are sometimes referred to as __________.
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In the Northern Hemisphere, the surface air flow associated with a midlatitude cyclone is __________.
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Which one of the following is NOT normally associated with the passage of a cold front?
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With which type of front will the flow of air most likely be parallel to the line of the front?
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An approaching midlatitude cyclone would be indicated by a __________ barometric reading.
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Anticyclones generally produce __________ conditions.
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The ___________ model of the midlatitude cyclone provides a three-dimensional picture of the major circulation, and accounts for the distribution of precipitation and the comma-shaped cloud pattern of cyclonic storms.
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