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Rise and shine Contest 3

Join the "Rise and Shine Contest" to test your meteorology skills. Analyze METAR data from November 6, 2012, and weather maps to determine the matching location. Identify unusual aspects in weather reports and factors influencing rapid low pressure deepening.

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Rise and shine Contest 3

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  1. Rise and shine Contest 3 Meteorology 415 Fall 2012 November 6, 2012

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

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