Vocab
The short term conditions of the atmosphere within a specific area.
Weather
Water vapor in the air comes from where?
Bodies of water
How high up you are, which affects air pressure.
Altitude
this moves over cold Air and pushes it down.
warm front
short range forecasts predict how far ahead.
0-3 days
The measure of how hot and cold something is.
Temperature
What happens to water molecules when relative humidity exceeds 100%.
They condense
The altitude or air pressure becomes heavier when there is more of this above it?
Air
Two air masses meet, but neither move?
stationary front
Forecast Models predict humidity, temperature, wind speed and what?
Precipitation
The amount of water vapor in the air?
Humidity
When there are clouds during the day time, it is cooler outside because why?
The clouds reflect the sunlight
Air pressure
warm Air Mass gets trapped between two cold Air masses?
occluded front
What do weather forecast not predict?
phases of the moon
A prediction about the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place?
Weather Forecast.
Clouds keep it warmer during night because why?
They trap the heat.
An air mass
this pushes under warm Air and forces it up
cold front
These two things make the suns energy stronger in some places than others
the tilt and angle of earth
The boundary between two air masses?
Weather fronts
Large bodies of water affect weather in what way?
It keeps it from changing constantly.
Geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere are examples of these?
Earths Subsystems.
Fronts are influenced by temperature, humidity and this?
motion of air mass
Low albedo surface means sunlight I absorbed or refected?
Absorbed