ATMO 203: STUDY GUIDE FOR TUTORIAL 22

1) Know whether the sea breeze or land breeze is more intense and three reasons for the difference in intensities.

2) Know the typical height of a sea breeze. You do not need to worry about the equation.

3) Know how the sea breeze alters the diurnal temperature cycle.

4) Be able to identify when the sea breeze has passed using METARs. Know what clues can be used to find a sea breeze passage.

5) Know what conditions are ideal for a strong sea breeze.

6) Know the most important impact of the land breeze.

7) Know what a coastal front is, how it forms, and why it can be particularly persistent along the east coast of the U.S.

ATMO 203: STUDY GUIDE FOR TUTORIAL 23

1) Know what the Bergeron process is, specifically:

a) Does liquid water freeze at 0 C?

b) What is necessary to initiate freezing?

c) Why do ice crystals grow rapidly once they have formed?

2) Be able to forecast precipitation type based on the temperature profile of the lowest few kilometers of the atmosphere.

ATMO 203: STUDY GUIDE FOR TUTORIAL 24

1) Know what factors are necessary for hurricane formation.

2) Be able to identify features on a plane view of a hurricane and in the secondary circulation around a hurricane.

3) Know the most common ways for Atlantic hurricanes to die.

4) Know which side of a landfalling hurricane is more damaging.