Weather variables
The weather variable responsible for the amount of water in the air.
What is humidity?
pg. 452
When cold they are closer together than when warm.
What are Air molecules?
pg. 459
Is classified into five different categories and exists consistently throughout earth.
What is Air mass?
pg. 460
Weather that has warm temperatures, moisture. and rising air. It is also known as electrical storms.
What are Severe Thunderstorms?
pg. 464
Describes weather measurements made on the surface of Earth.
What is a surface report?
pg. 471
The measure of kinetic energy of air molecules in the air.
What is Air Temperature?
pg. 452
The weight of molecules in the air at one time.
What is Air pressure?
pg. 459
Exists over Siberia and the Arctic and can bring temperatures down to -40°.
What is Arctic Air Masses?
pg. 461
A weather event that causes harm, injuries, or death to humans and animals.
What is Severe Weather?
pg. 464
Describes wind, temperature, and humidity above the surface of Earth.
What is an Upper-Air Report?
pg. 471
A scientist who studies and predicts weather for our safety.
What is Meteorologists?
pg. 451
Air moving from high pressure to low pressure areas is.
What is wind?
pg. 459
An air mass that is formed over a continent, or land, and not water.
What is Continental Air Mass?
pg. 460
A funnel-shaped mass of wind that is incredibly strong and can reach up to or more than 400 km/h of speed.
What are tornadoes?
pg. 465
Images taken form satellites orbiting 35,000 km above the Earth.
What is a Satellite image?
pg. 472
Water in liquid/solid form that rises and then falls from the atmosphere.
What is Precipitation?
pg. 455
A large body of circulating air with low pressure at the center and high-pressure outside of the system.
What is Low-Pressure system?
pg. 459
An air mass that is formed over water, or oceans, and NOT land.
What is Maritime Air Mass?
pg. 460
A tropical storm that has a low-pressure system and is the most disastrous storm in existence.
What is Hurricanes?
pg. 466
A specialized radar that can detect precipitation and movement of particles.
What is a Doppler Radar?
pg. 472
The amount of water present in the air at a given time.
What is Relative Humidity?
pg. 453
a large body of circulating air with high-pressure at the center and low pressure outside of the system.
What is High-Pressure system?
pg. 459
Forms over the northern Atlantic/Pacific oceans, is cold and humid, and often brings cloudy or rainy weather.
What is Maritime Polar Air Mass?
pg. 461
What is a Blizzard?
pg. 467
Reports made simultaneously at hundreds of locations around the world.
What is a Radiosonde Report?
pg. 471