Forecasting/Synoptic Guide: Lifting Mechanisms

If lift plus moisture is what's required for precipitation, let's look at large-scale lifting mechanisms and the assessment of moisture

  1. Basic lifting mechanisms and how they appear on standard weather charts
    1. Upslope flow
    2. Surface cold front
    3. Warm air advection (surface warm front process)
    4. Frontogenesis
    5. Cyclonic (Positive) vorticity advection
    6. Jet Streak Circulations
  2. Evaluating available moisture
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Last updated: Tuesday 15-Feb-2005 5:06 PM

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