weather

weather variables

100

a force that a column of air exerts on the surface or air below it.

What is air pressure

200

The amount of water vapor in the air

What is humidity

300

The temp. at which air is saturated.

What is dew point?

400

water that falls from the atmosphere

What is precipitation?

500

The amount of water in the air compared to what the air can hold

What is relative humidity

clouds

100

puffy white clouds

What are cumulus

200

Wispy, high altitude clouds

What are cirrus clouds

300

flat, low, layered clouds

What are stratus

400

clouds with parrellel bands 

Altocumulus

500

A thunderhead cloud

What is a cumulonimbus cloud

Weather patterns

100

This pressure system forces air down, and causes clear skies, dry

What is a high pressure system

200

This pressure system forces air up, causing clouds to form

What is a low pressure system

300

What word describes air masses that develop over warm water

What is maritime tropical

400

What air masses come up from the gulf of Mexico?

What is maritime tropical

500

What air masses that cold and dry

What is Continental Polar & Continental Artic

Weather Patterns

100

What type of front is associated with thunderstorms

What is a cold front

200

when a boundary between two air masses forms this front occurs

What is a stationary front?

300

As this front moves in it moves in and over cold air.

What is a warm front

400

The final stage of a thunderstorm is the _________

What is the dissipation stage

500

A category one hurricane must have winds over..........

What is 119 km/hr

forecasts

100

A weather balloon carries this up to the upper atmosphere

What is a radiosonde

200

Instrument used to measure humidity and dewpoint

What is psychrometer

300

Lines that connect points of equal air pressure

What is an isobar

400

These 

What is a 

500

The two numbers on the left of the station model describe the __________ and __________

What is temp. and dew point temp.