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Summary Detailed notes on mid-latitude cyclones

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Detailed Notes on mid-latitude cyclones. Covering the definition, characteristics, conditions necessary for formation, stages, fronts and associated weather. Great for grade 12 IEB geography!

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1.

eyewall

Answer: the walls of Cumulonimbus clouds that surround the eye of a tropical cyclone

2.

inversion layer

Answer: a layer of air where the temperature increases with altitude

3.

Moisture front

Answer: A zone extending northwest to southeast across the interior of South Africa where the warm, moist air from the South Indian Anticyclone meets the cold, dry air from the South Atlantic Anticyclone. (moist NE winds from Indian ocean meet the dry SW winds from the Atlantic ocean)

4.

Berg wind

Answer: a local, warm and dry wind that blows down the escarpment to the coast

5.

Ridge

Answer: an elongated area of high pressure extending from an anticyclone

6.

trough

Answer: an elongated area of low pressure extending from a cyclone

7.

mid-latitude cyclone

Answer: a low-pressure cell which develops in the mid-latitudes and travels from west to east

8.

converging

Answer: coming together

9.

deflect

Answer: to cause something to turn away/swerve

10.

Coriolis force

Answer: the force which causes winds to deflect to their left in the Southern hemisphere and to their right in the Northern hemisphere to Earth\'s rotation on its axis

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