Fronts
Predicting Weather
Air Masses
Bonus Questions
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100
sudden downpours and cold tempetures
What type of weather does a cold front bring?
100
light showers and warm tempetures
If a warm front is heading into town, what will the weather be?
100
moist warm air
What weather does Maritime-Tropical air mass bring?
100
the eye
What part of a hurricane is calmest?
100
a combination of air pressure, moisture, wind, tempreture, and precipitation
What is weather?
200
a warm front
What brings warm weather?
200
Where fronts are colliding
Where are tornados common?
200
Maritime Polar
Which air mass brings cool and moist weather?
200
extremely hot temperatures, strong wind, tornados, hurricanes, twisters, droughts, and thunderstorms
What is extreme weather?
200
storms formed over large bodies of water
What are hurricanes?
300
a stationary front is formed
What happens when two fronts charge at each other?
300
if the tempeture is below 30 degrees farinhite
What does the tempeture have to be for it to snow?
300
Maritime
If an air mass forms over water, what is it?
300
a barometer
What tool is used to mesure atmospheric pressure?
300
electric charges finding a path to the ground
What is lightning?
400
A cold and warm front working together
What is an occluded front?
400
wind-speed, tempeture, air pressure and the amount of water vapor in the air
What variables do meteorologists use to predict weather?
400
continental arctic
What air mass is the coldest?
400
Count how many times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds and add 37
What is a cool way to get a rough estimate of the tempeture?
400
wind is caused by the movement of air from high to low pressure
What causes wind?
500
a stationary front
What front brings extreme weather?
500
THE ANSWER IS SNOW
Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds and heavy _______?
500
Maritime Tropical, Maritime Polar, Continental Arctic, Continental Polar, and Continental Tropical
List all the air masses
500
1) California - 134 degrees in Death Valley on July 10, 1913. 2) Arizona - 128 degrees in the spring break town of Lake Havasu City twice including June 29, 1994. 3) Nevada - 125 degrees on June 29, 1994 in Laughlin. 4) New Mexico - 122 degrees in Lakewood on June 27, 1994. 5) Kansas - 121 degrees on July, 28, 1936 in Alton. 6) North Dakota - 121 degrees in Steele on July 6, 1936. . 7) Arkansas - 120 degrees on August 10, 1936 in Ozark. 8) Oklahoma - 120 degrees in Tipton on June 27, 1994. 9) South Dakota - 120 degrees in Gannvalley on July 5, 1936 10) Texas - 120 degrees in Seymour on August 12, 1936.
What are 10 states with recorded tempetures of 120 degrees or higher?
500
the windy part
Which part of a hurricane is the worst?
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