Describing Weather
Weather Patterns
Severe Weather
Forecasting Weather
Miscellaneous
100
The atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a certain place at a certain time are called this.
Weather
100
Air rises in the center of what type of pressure system?
Low-Pressure System
100
Name the four types of severe weather we discussed in class.
Thunderstorm, tornado, hurricane, blizzard
100
What type of report describes a set of weather measurements made on Earth’s surface?
Surface Report
100
What does it mean when isobars are spread out on a weather map?
Winds are weak
200
The four forms of precipitation are what?
Snow, rain, sleet, hail
200
This type of air mass brings dry, warm weather.
Continental tropical
200
The most destructive storm is what?
Hurricane
200
Isobars are lines on a weather map that connect places with the same what?
Pressure
200
These images can be visible or infrared.
Satellite Images
300
The three types of clouds are what?
Status, cumulus, cirrus
300
When warm air moves towards colder air, this type of front forms.
Warm Front
300
Where do hurricanes form?
Over warm ocean water.
300
What two things can a Doppler Radar detect?
Precipitation and Wind Speed
300
The humidity in the air compared to the total amount it can hold is called what?
Relative Humidity
400
Air pressure is measured using this tool.
Barometer
400
Name the five types of air masses.
Arctic, Continental polar, Maritime polar, Continental Tropical, Maritime Tropical
400
Name the three stages of a thunderstorm
Cumulus, mature, dissipation
400
What type of model uses numbers and symbols to display weather data?
Station Model
400
What has changed the way weather forecasts are predicted, generated, and reported?
Computer Models
500
Most water enters the atmosphere through what process?
Evaporation
500
Which fronts usually bring precipitation?
All of them. (warm, cold, stationary, occluded)
500
Name the three things needed to classify a blizzard
freezing temperatures, strong winds, blowing snow
500
What tool is used to get an upper-air report?
Radiosonde
500
Which front or fronts form on the boundary of two air masses?
Stationary & Occluded
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