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Why are temperatures near the Great Lakes cooler in the summer than temperatures a few miles away

The lakes have a high specific heat capacity.

Answer:

Air passing over the lakes becomes moister from evaporation. This evaporation of water requires heat which is absorbed from the air. As a consequence the air becomes cooler.

Is the saying the higher the clouds the better the weather true

High clouds indicate the dry air and high pressure of fair weather.

so it is true

What is thought to have caused the ice ages

Earth's Precession

How are pressure measurements related to weather prediction

Decreasing pressure indicates stormy weather.

Increasing Pressure indicates better weather.

What type of pressure change indicates stormy weather

Decreasing pressure

What method of forecasting uses the effects of past weather conditions as part of its forecasting method

analog method

The ocean current that flows up the eastern US and across the Atlantic is called the

gulf stream

The side of a mountain range normally has a desert

leeward

What correctly describes the effect of volcanoes

They cool earth, due to the ash and gas released.

Earths precession resulted in an ice age that ended about how many years ago

-- "Ice Age" was not caused by Earth's precession.

-- According to one reasonable definition of what is meant by "Ice Age",

the most recent one has not ended yet. Follow the < Related Link > below

for a full discussion.

When a cold air mass catches up to a warm air mass its called a what

When a cold FRONT catches up to a warm FRONT it is called an occluded front.

When a cold AIR MASS displaces a warmer AIR MASS it is a cold front.
Occluded front

When the barometric reading is falling and the humidity is increasing what type of wether occurs

Rain is on the way

What condition is required for all thunderstorms

For starters, the thing you will need for all storms is Low Air Pressure. So you will always need this for all thunderstorms.

What planet in our solar system features the runaway greenhouse effect

venus

When northern hemisphere south facing mountain slopes form a microclimate because they are

Drier and Warmer

How does region has a low pressure and a high pressure system moves in. What is the best prediction about the weather from this information

How does a region has a low pressure and a high pressure system moves in. What is the best prediction about the weather from this information?

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

It gets warmer-Apex

Which statement is true of jet streams

The polar jet stream lies between the polar easterlies and trade winds

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

A cold front advancing

as a result of the coriolis effect an air mass moving from the north pole toward the equator will

Turn towards the right

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