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skymedlock

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If the updraft in a supercell is so strong that precipitation cannot fall through it, southwesterly winds aloft usually blow precipitation ____.
   a. northwestward
   b. southwestward
   c. northeastward
   d. southeastward
   e. straight westward

Question 2

If an updraft tilts a rotating tube of air and draws it into a storm, the tilted, rotating tube becomes part of the storms structure, called the ____.
   a. bounded weak echo region
   b. mesocyclone
   c. megacyclone
   d. vortex tube
   e. low-level jet stream



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: b





 

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