Fronts
What is a front?
A mass of air moving through a place
Weather patterns over a period of time
Climate
What is forecasting?
Predicting the weather
What type of severe weather is common in Nebraska summers and involves funnel like clouds caused by strong winds?
Tornado
What is the water cycle?
The process of water moving through the atmosphere and earth to cause clouds and rain
What type of front moved through Nebraska this week?
Warm front!
The blanket of air surrounding earth:
The atmosphere
What does a meteorologist study?
Weather!
Draw a cumulus cloud.
Big puffy cloud!
Draw the water cycle.
Check pictures!
What type of air rises and which type sinks?
Warm air rises and cool air sinks
The earth spins on its:
axis
What does high and low temperature mean?
The warmest potential temperature for the day and the lowest
What type of cloud is usually high in the sky and wispy, feather like?
Cirrus
What is precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
Draw and explain a warm front
Check pictures!
Define humidity.
The amount of water vapor in the air
What type of weather does a high pressure system bring?
Happy weather-clear skies, not rain/clouds
What type of clouds are lower to the ground and typically long?
Stratus clouds
What is evaporation?
Water vapor rising into the air out of ponds/lakes/rivers/oceans towards the sky
Draw and explain a cold front.
Check answers.
Draw and explain a stationary front.
When a cold air mass meets a warm air mass and it doesn't move
What kind of weather comes from a low pressure system?
Lousy, cloudy, rainy, stormy
What type of severe weather is common in California?
Earthquakes
What is condensation?
Tiny droplets of water formed from water vapor turning back in water droplets