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Which quadrant of a jet exit region shows upper divergence in the north?

  • A.Both exit quadrants
  • B.Neither, because the flow decelerating out of the jet must converge across the whole of the exit region
  • C.The left exit looking downstream
  • D.The right exit looking downstream, where the flow becomes subgeostrophic as it leaves the jet core

Answer: C

Air leaving the jet core decelerates and becomes supergeostrophic, so the ageostrophic component points towards high pressure, giving divergence in the left exit quadrant. Together with the entrance pattern this produces a thermally direct circulation at the entrance and an indirect one at the exit. The four quadrant model is one of the most used diagnostics in operational forecasting.

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