When a Pacific coast cyclone crosses the Rocky Mountains
A) it gains strength while over the mountain range.
B) it heads south.
C) its relative vorticity increases on the east side of the mountain range.
D) it "spins down" on the east side of the mountain range.
E) all of the above
C
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