Intermediate Questions Page
Why are the isotherms labeled in both celsius and farenheit at the bottom of a skew-T diagram?
The mixing ratio lines are labeled in grams per kilogram of water vapor. Why can’t these units be cancelled?
Why on average does the temperature curve decrease with height?
Relative humidity is calculated using what two other variables that can be determined using a Skew-T?
What is wet bulb temperature?
Explain the difference between temperature and potential temperature.
Are wet bulb potential temperature and potential temperature found differently on a Skew-T? What lines do you follow for each to take the parcel down to 1000 mb?
What process occurs that makes equivalent temperature warmer than temperature?
What is the purpose of the CCL?
What happens to a rising parcel of air at the equilibrium level?
Look at the soundings you have loaded in IDV. Do any of the soundings have a super adiabatic layer? Which one(s)?
In the practice exercise, why is the Minnesota sounding, in the layer from 800 mb up to 670 mb, Absolutely Stable?
Where do subsidence inversions typically form?
Where and when would you expect a radiation inversion to develop?
Name two factors that can help a radiation inversion to form.