Author Question: Derechos are A) most common in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. B) most common in the ... (Read 284 times)

shenderson6

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Derechos are
 
  A) most common in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
  B) most common in the winter months due to cP air masses.
  C) straight-line winds associated with downbursts from rapidly moving thunderstorms.
  D) associated with gravity drainage.
  E) named after the Latin word for hooked or curved.

Question 2

Regular patterns of smooth, rounded waves are called
 
  A) wave ripples.
  B) swells.
  C) wave trains.
  D) breakers.
  E) tidal bulges.



raili21

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B



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