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What lies along the subtropical jet stream

High or low pressure lies along the subtropical jet stream, depending on the time of year. The pressure gradient follows the path of the jet stream.

What happens in a stationary front

A cold air mass and a warm air mass meet, with neither moving.
During a stationary front the weather will stay the same for several days or more than a week. It depends on what type of front is making the other front stationary.

Which is a type of clouds that creates a uniform flat gray sky

Stratus

What causes the global air convection current between the equator and the poles

earths tilt (apex)

What causes a valley breeze

The sides of the valley heating more quickly than the air around it

What atmospheric area lies roughly along the equator

intertropical convergence zone
The Intertropical Convergence Zone lies roughly along the equator. This zone is made up of a band of clouds, usually thunderstorms, that circle the Earth near the equator.

The sun bombards Earth with light

Radiation

Which ofthe following is a reason the human population is growing exponentially
What cool region underneath cloud cover will have a region with no cloud cover

A higher pressure than

What is the difference of the causes between a sea breeze and a land breeze

The only difference - is the direction of flow. A sea breeze blows from the sea onto the land. A land breeze flows in the opposite direction.

For the same insolation order these regions from highest absorption to lowest.

as s hold

What of following causes tornadoes

coo,dy air meeting warm, moist air

What is a problem related to fertilizer runoff

Eutrophication

Hpow do the conditions in the united states change when the jet stream moves north

It gets warmer-Apex

which is not part of the recipe for a thunderstorm to form

A cold front advancing

sometimes upper level winds cause a blank front to break up ending days of gray skies

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