Meteorology homework

At night, why do materials that are poor heat conductors cool to temperatures less than the surrounding air?

Why must you stand closer to a small fire to experience the same warmth you get when standing farther away from a large fire?

Explain why the first snowfall of the winter usually "sticks" better to tree branches than to bare ground.

Why do relative humidities seldom reach 100 percent in polluted air?

The sky is overcast and it is raining. Explain how you could tell if the cloud above you is a nimbostratus or a cumulonimbus.

Use Figure 4.14 (Chapter 4) to help you explain why the bases of cumulus clouds, which form from rising thermals during the summer, increase in height above the surface as you move due west of a line that runs north-south through central Kansas.

How is it possible for a layer of air to be convectively unstable and absolutely stable at the same time?

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and a region of surface low pressure is directly west of you, what would probably be the surface wind direction at your home? If an upper-level low is also directly west of your location, describe the probable wind direction aloft and the direction in which middle-type clouds would move. How would the wind direction and speed change from the surface to where the middle clouds are located?

What effect would continents have on the circulation of air in the single-cell model?

The prevailing winds in southern Florida are northeasterly. Knowing this, would you expect the strongest sea breezes to be along the east or west coast of southern Florida? What about the strongest land breezes?

Why does the same cold front typically produce more rain over Kentucky than over western Kansas?