Fronts
Clouds
Precipitation
Forecasting
Review
100
Where two masses interact
What is a front
100
Three ingredients needed to make a cloud
What is water, air, and condensation nuclei
100
Precipitation that falls when temperature is below freezing
What is snow
100
Where relative humidity and the current temperature are equal
What is dew point
100
Warm fronts have fast, vertical lifting.
What is false
200
Front that moves quickly and brings thunderstorms for short period of time.
What is a cold front
200
The cloud that cold air masses bring
What is cumuliform
200
Precipitation that freezes on the ground
What is freezing rain
200
The direction the semi-circles or triangles are pointing on the air mass symbols represent...
What is the direction the air mass is traveling
200
The highest level of clouds are
What is cirrus clouds
300
A front where the warm air is advancing which brings steady rain
What is a warm front
300
Layered clouds
What is stratus
300
Precipitation that freezes in the air
What is sleet
300
Today's weather: warm, sunny, 60 degrees F. Cold front is coming tomorrow. The weather will be...
What is cold, cloudy, and rainy
300
The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance
What is density
400
A front that doesn't move and brings cloudy wet weather
What is a stationary front
400
Cirrus clouds are puffy and in the middle layer
What is false
400
This precipitation is too heavy for the convection current, so gravity causes this to fall.
What is hail
400
Temperature depends on...
What is air masses
400
The cloud that could cover the entire sky
What is stratus
500
Where one air mass overtakes another from behind. Brings cold weather and heavy amounts of rain or snow
What is an occluded front
500
Understanding the prefix alto helps you understand that alto-form clouds are...
What is mid level clouds
500
Hail forms along a...
What is cold front
500
You haven't been checking the weather, but all of the sudden big, puffy rain clouds appear. What front is approaching?
What is cold front
500
The first step in creating hail is
What is temperature reaching dew point
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