During the March, 1993 storm off the coast of Texas, a region of ____ air in the upper air above the storm caused the rapid decrease of surface pressure leading to the development of a wave cyclone
a. diverging.
b. converging.
c. blowing straight from west to east.
d. increasing in speed uniformly over a broad area.
e. blowing from north to south.
ANSWER: a
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