Fundamentals
This provides the energy essential for weather systems which font is associated with cold weather.
What is the sun?
The term for rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
What is precipitation?
Measures Air Pressure.
What is a barometer?
The relationship between temperature and air pressure leads to this.
What is wind?
These are similar throughout an air mass.
What is humidity and temperature?
This results in the Corilois effect, and 24 hour days.
The earth's rotation.
The steps of the water cycle.
What are Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Run Off?
What is a psychrometer?
How wind always moves.
What is from high pressure to low pressure?
This type of airmass formed over the ocean close to the equator.
What is a maritime tropical airmass?
What is HOT air rises and COLD air sinks?
The percentage of water vapor that is ACTUALLY in the air compared to the amount of water vapor that COULD be in the air.
What is Relative Humidity?
Measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
This causes winds to appear to bend, due to the earth's rotation and creates Global Wind Patterns.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
This is when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass, often bringing more severe weather and cooler temperatures.
What is a COLD front?
The difference between weather and climate.
What is weather is short-term atmospheric conditions in a specific location and climate is the long-term trends of weather in a specific location.
What is condensation nuclei?
Measures the changing of the density of a liquid to measure its energy.
What is a thermometer?
When warm air rises over a sandy beach and cool air from over the ocean takes its place.
What is a sea breeze?
A red line with red semi-circles pointing the direction of its movement.
What is a WARM front?
The Properties of Air.
What are Air has MASS, takes up SPACE, can MOVE, exert PRESSURE, and do WORK?
The point at which water vapor in the air condenses at a given temperature.
What is a dew point?
Measures amount of precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
Bands of wind with high speeds at high altitudes.
What are jetstreams?
What is a stationary front?