Water
What vapor changes into a liquid in the process of?
sublimation
the mass of water vapor that condenses near the surface of Earth
fog
a pattern of meteorological symbols that represent the weather at a particular observing station and that is recorded on a weather map
station model
collection of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air
cloud
a system that uses reflected radio waves to determine the velocity and location of objects
radar
the process in which a solid changes directly into a gas
sublimation
a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose winds of 120 km/hr or faster spiral in toward the low-pressure storm center
hurricane
Meteorologists have NOT tried to control
tornadoes
a low low-altitude, billowy cloud
cumulus cloud
an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
barometer
energy that is absorbed or released during a phase change
latent heat
a usually brief, heavy storm that consists of rain, strong winds, lightening, and thunder
thunderstorm
What do meteorologists use to store weather from around the world
satalites
large cloud formations associated with storm systems form by
lifting
used by meteorologists to find out how intense precipitation will be
Doppler radar
a condition in which water is cooled below its freezing point without going through a change of state
supercooling
the front edge of a moving mass of cold air that pushes beneath a warmer air mass like a wedge
cold front
Meteorologists use symbols and colors to make
weather maps
continental polar, maritime polar, continental tropical, and maritime tropical are examples of
air masses
an anemometer is an instrument that measures
wind speed
any form of moisture that falls to Earth's surface from clouds
precipitation
a front of air masses that moves either very slowly or not at all
stationary front
weather observers and automated systems send data to
collection centers
the purpose of cloud seeding is to
induce precipitation
an instrument used to determine direction of the wind
wind vane