Weather Stations
On a weather station model, the enter circle represents this current weather condition.
What is cloud cover?
Köppen's climate classification is based on Seasonal Precipitation and this
What are Temperature Patterns?
This type of severe weather occurs more in the US than anywhere else in the world.
What are tornadoes?
A natural disaster occurs due to the combination of a hazard and this of a vulnerable community.
What is exposure?
Human eyes are most sensitive to this visible color
What is Blue?
Wind barbs showcase speed and this other piece of information.
What is direction?
This climate is characterized by constant high temperatures at low elevations and latitudes
What are tropical climates?
Mammatus clouds form from this in a thunderhead
What are downdrafts?
Rising global temperatures, rising sea levels, ice loss and increased frequency of extreme weather events are all examples of this.
What is Climate Change?
This is the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another
What is refraction?
A weather station wind barb with two full flags and one half flag represents this numerical value.
What is 25?
Semi-Arid Climates are represented first with the letters BS, also called this zone.
What is a steppe?
This type of air is what aids the uplift needed to start the development of a thunderstorm.
What is Conditionally Unstable Air?
Areas near rivers and cities are often at risk for this type of natural disaster?
What is Flash Flooding?
These two atmospheric gases scatter shorter wavelengths best
What are Oxygen and Nitrogen?
Weather station models typically display information for surface weather and this other level
What are upper air levels?
Continental Climates are also represented by this letter
What is D?
These are low pressure systems that form over tropical or subtropical ocean regions
What are Tropical Cyclones?
Carbon storage, flood protection and water purification are all examples of this.
What are ecosystem services?
This is the apparent twinkling of a star due to its light passing through regions of differing air densities in the atmosphere
What is scintillation?
This is the time frame for a pressure tendency trend.
What is three (3) hours?
In the Ice Cap Climate zone the monthly average temperatures never exceed this reading.
What is 0 °C
This is the full name for the amount of available fuel to a developing thunderstorm
What is Convective Available Potential Energy?
Nearly this percentage of wildland fires in the US are caused by humans, both intentionally and unintentionally.
What is 85%?
These are the two different types of mirages?
What is a superior and inferior mirage?