This cloud type can form thunderstorms and tornadoes.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
100
Person who studies the weather is called this.
What is a meteorologist?
200
This air mass has dry humidity and warm temperatures. Arizona is a great example.
What is continental tropical or tropical continental...WHATEVER??
200
When cool and dry air comes down from Canada and very warm humid comes from the Gulf of Mexico, this storm type is extreme with super high-speed and funneling winds in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
What is a tornado?
200
A capital " L" on a weather map usually indicates this.
What is low pressure?
300
Front type where warm air overtakes cooler air. The symbol is a line ) with half circles.
What is a warm front?
300
This tropical disturbance starts over very warm ocean water as a low-pressure system.
What is a hurricane?
300
A line with triangles on one side indicates this front type.
What is a cold front.
400
This high-pressure area is usually associated dry and clear weather that have winds that spin clockwise due to the Coriolis effect.
What is an anticyclone?
400
This winter storm results when very cold (below freezing) and dry air moves over a large body of fresh water. Think of Buffalo!
What is a lake-effect snow?
400
A line on a map where the areas it touches all have equal temperatures is known as this.
What is a isotherm?
500
These two wind systems allow for air masses to move across the continental US!
What are the jet stream and prevailing westerlies?
500
The most dangerous part of a snow storm (blizzard) is this.
What is the wind?
500
This line of the weather map shows that Philadelphia and Bellmawr both have an air pressure reading of 30.12 in. This line is call this.