Fronts
Which front brings cold weather, high air pressure, and clear skies?
Cold front
What direction does wind deflect in the Northern hemisphere?
To the right
what happens during a cold front?
cold (dropping), low pressure, cloudy skies, rainy/stormy
Trade winds weaken ( or reverse)
El nino
Is a scorce of warm humid air off the southeast coast and the southwest coast of north America
Maritime Tropical
Which front brings warm weather, low air pressure, and rainy/stormy skies?
Warm front
What direction does wind deflect in the southern hemisphere?
To the left
what happens during a warm front?
tempurutre is cold (dropping), low pressure, cloudy, rainy/stormy
Trade winds become stronger
La nina
Is a source of cold and humid air off the northeast and northwest coast of America
Maritime Polar
Which front is a warm air mass and a cold air mass that stay in the same place for several days and usually brings clouds and rain?
Stationary front
Diffrence in pressure and difference of tempeture
What causes wind?
what happens after a warm front?
warm temp, middle pressure, partly clouds, little to no rain.
Cooling of the eastern side of the Pacific ocean
La nina
Is a source of cold and dry air from the northern central area of north America
Continental Polar
When a cold front catches up to a warm front forcing warm air upwards and causes high winds and heavy rain or snow?
Occludede front
what Is the deflection of air due to the rotation of the earth.( what is the name of this the effect)
Coriolis Effect
what happens after a cold front
cool temps, high pressure, clear skies, no rain
Warming of the eastern side of the Pacific ocean
El nino
Is a scorce of hot dry air from the southern central part of north America
Continental Tropical
what front is when a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses.
occluded
Air rises at 60 latitude and flows sinks at 30 toward the equator.
Ferrel cell
what happens before a warm front
cool temp, high pressure, clear skies, no rain
which one brings droughts to the southern u.s
el nino
an air mass is an large body of air that's takes on the properties of the surface below. (temperature and humidity?