Describing Weather
Is the atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of certain place at a certain time.
What is Weather?
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These people measure weather using instruments.
What is a meteorologist?
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Someone who predicts weather.
What is meteorologist?
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True or False
The continental air mass farms over the Northern Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, and have humid weather.
What is False ?
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This is the start of most of the severe weather on the Earth.
What is thunderstorms?
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Water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.
What is Clouds?
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Thermometers, barometer and psychometric are all what.
What is Weather tools?
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Using many different type of weather maps meteorologist predict ______.
What is weather?
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This Air mass forms over Siberia and the Arctic, and contains bitterly cold temperatures during the winter.
What is Arctic Air masses?
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Is a violent, whirling column of wind that is in contact with the ground and is very destructive.
What is a tornado?
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Temperature, air pressure, wind speed and direction, humidity, cloud coverage, and precipitation are all.
What is weather variables?
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Are lines that connect all places on a map where pressure has the same value.
What is Isobars?
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True or False
Meteorologists get thousands of different reports from different satellites.
What is True?
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Is a large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and low pressure outside of the system.
What is High-pressure system?
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This is the most important thing to do during severe weather.
What is Go to tornado shelter?
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True or False, Pressure is measured in the process of barometric.
What is true?
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A/An (surface report, Upper-air report) describes wind, temperature and humidity conditions above Earth's surface.
What is Upper-air report?
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This is used to measure the wind speed in specific areas on Earth.
What is Doppler radar?
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Is when a warm front gets stuck behind cold and can't move causing a thunderstorm.
What is Stationary Front?
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Is violent winter storm characterized by freezing temperatures, strong winds, and blowing snow.
What is Blizzard?
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The _____ is the series of natural processes by which water continually moves among oceans, land, and the atmosphere.
What is Water cycle?
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A _____ ____ is a specialized type of radar that can detect precipitation as well as movements of small particles ; which can be used to approximate wind speed.
what is Doppler Radar?
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Are detailed computer programs that solve a set of complex equations to predict weather.
What is computer Models?
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A (Cold,Warm) front is when a colder air mass moves toward a warmer air mass. The colder air goes down and makes the environment colder than it was before.
What is Cold?
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This causes extreme flooding, damage from the high winds and mold from the rain damage.
What is Hurricane?
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