winds
Weather Instruments
Moisture
Weather Patterns
Weather tidbits
100
Generally blow from specific directions over long distances
What is global winds
100
Measures air temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit
What is thermometer
100
Cooling of the air and the presence of particles in the air such as dust and/or salt are required for this to form.
What is clouds
100
Cold dry air mass affecting the northern United States in winter are often due to
What is Continenal Polar air masses
100
One of the safest places to be during a thunderstorm
What is crouching in a low place during a thunderstorm
200
Cooler air over water moves onto land and warms
What is a water or sea breeze
200
Measures wind speed
What is anemometer
200
Layered clouds that often cover much of the sky and are a dull gray color
What is stratus
200
Tornadoes form over land and these form over warm waters
What is hurricanes
200
One of the best places to seek protection during a tornado
What is in the basement of a well built building/structure
300
These are weak equatorial winds
What is doldrums
300
Relative humidity is measured with
What is psychrometer
300
Any form of water that falls from clouds
What is precipitation
300
A warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass
What is a warm front
300
A cloud cover symbol that is 3/4 black and 1/4 white show sky conditions
What is 70-80% cloud cover/mostly cloudy
400
The major global wind belts over the continental United States, generally push air masses from west to east.
What is prevailing westerlies
400
Measures atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer
400
Very high feathery clouds
What is cirrus
400
Rapidly moving cold air mass overtakes a slow moving warm air mass
What is cold front
400
Lines on a weather map connecting the same pressure
What is isobars
500
Winds curve to the left or right due to the Earth's rotation
What is Coriolis Effect
500
The temperature outside is warm and it is a clear day the relative humidity would be
What is low
500
Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms
What is cumulonimbus clouds
500
Dry and clear weather is associated with this clockwise rotation in the northern hemisphere
What is anticyclone
500
A source of weather data that would enable a meteorologist to follow the path of an approaching thunderstorm
What is radar
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