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1. A relatively small rotating funnel that extends downward from the base of towering cloud with thunder, lighting and strong gusty wind is known as
2. An observer in the northern hemisphere who stands with his back to the wind will have lower pressure to his left and higher pressure to his right. This is known by which one of the following?
3. Coriolis flow tends of turn
4. Drainage winds or katabolic winds blow
5. Foehn and Chinook winds are
6. Fohn and Chinook winds are experienced in
7. Hail is associated with
8. If the atmosphere is cooled its capacity for water vapour is
9. In the northern hemisphere, tropical cyclones and middle latitude cyclones are similar in that both
10. In which one of the following regions are the hurricanes apparently absent?
11. Jet streams blows
12. Jet streams blows
13. Local thunderstorms Norwesters are prominent in
14. Sea breeze is formed during
15. Sirocco is a name used to mean
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