Question

In a method of quadranting these phenomena, divergence occurs at the right entrance and left exit. These phenomena are most easily identified on 300 and 200 millibar charts. Wasaburo Ooishi’s (“OHH-ee-sheez”) discovery of these phenomena was largely ignored because he published his paper in Esperanto. When these phenomena assume an omega-like shape or a shape named for Daniel F. Rex, blocking can cause long-term stagnation. Jennifer Francis and colleagues have predicted that one of these phenomena will slow down and become more wavy as the Arctic warms. (10[2])Meanders (-5[2])in these (-5[1])phenomena (10[2]-5[2])correspond (10[1])to Rossby (10[1])waves. (10[2])They form (-5[1])in the (10[1])subtropics where the Hadley and Ferrel cells meet (-5[1])and near (-5[1])the poles (10[1])where the Ferrel and polar cells meet. The area between a ridge and downward trough in these phenomena is associated with fair weather. For 10 points, (-5[1])name these currents of strong (10[1])wind. (10[2])■END■ (10[7]0[4])

ANSWER: jet streams [or jets; accept polar jets or subtropical jets or jet streaks; prompt on air streams; prompt on winds until “strong wind” is read; prompt on air currents until “currents” is read; prompt on atmospheric rivers by asking “atmospheric rivers are typically located within and move with what other phenomena?”; reject “Gulf Stream”]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2483%0%38%116.90

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Natan HoltzmanStanford AMaryland A8510
Joel MilesMinnesota ANorthwestern A8510
David BassVirginia AIllinois A86-5
Brad MacLaineTexas AUC Berkeley A86-5
Graham CopeFlorida AChicago A88-5
Halle FriedmanNYU AHouston A89-5
Alex LiGeorgia Tech AChicago B8910
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BMinnesota B8910
Connor BlakeChicago CToronto A89-5
June YinWUSTL BGeorgia Tech B9010
Dan NiCornell BColumbia A9210
Daniel MaYale ACornell A9310
Ted GanPenn State AYale B9310
Enoch YuenImperial ARutgers B95-5
Jason HongBrown AOhio State A9710
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ADuke A105-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AClaremont A107-5
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina AMIT A10910
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt AColumbia B135-5
Conor ThompsonIowa State AMcGill A14010
Yash MandaviaIllinois AVirginia A14110
Jerry LinDuke AWUSTL A14110
Joelle SmartRutgers ASouth Carolina A14210
Adam FineChicago AFlorida A14210
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard AIndiana A1420
Ameya PhadnisRutgers BImperial A1420
Albert ZhangColumbia BVanderbilt A14210
John BroussardHouston ANYU A14210
Drake EshlemanIndiana AHarvard A1420
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley ATexas A14210
Ben DahlPurdue AFlorida B14210
Ian ChowToronto AChicago C1420
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AMichigan A14210