Atmosphere
Forecasting
Water
Air Masses
Hodge Podge
100
Thin layer of gases surrounding the planet held in place by gravity.
What is atmosphere?
100
Person who forecasts the weather.
Who is a meteorologist?
100
Water found in the air.
What is humidity?
100
The boundary between air masses.
What is front?
100
The condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place.
What is weather?
200
Largest layer of the atmosphere and temperatures here reach up 2,500 degrees Celsius. The Northern Lights also occur in this layer.
What is thermosphere?
200
Name of the weather instrument package found on weather balloons.
What is a radiosonde?
200
a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere.
What is cloud?
200
Large volume of air with similar temperatures and humidity throughout.
What is air mass?
200
Type of pressure system you would want to see over your city if you were planning a picnic.
What is high pressure?
300
Layer of the atmosphere in which weather occurs. It is the layer closest to Earth.
What is troposphere?
300
Issued when conditions are favorable for a given weather event.
What is watch? (tornado, thunderstorm, blizzard, etc.)
300
Type of front in which warm air is forced upward very quickly and typically produces heavy thunderstorms.
What is cold front?
300
Term used to describe a dry air mass that forms over land.
What is continental?
300
Instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is barometer?
400
The most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
400
Instrument used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
400
Forms when water is tossed upward in a nimbus cloud, freezes falls and the process is repeated over and over.
What is hail?
400
An air mass that brings cold, dry weather.
What is a continental polar air mass?
400
Spinning of the Earth that deflects winds (and waves) clockwise.
What is Coriolis effect
500
Layer of the atmosphere that blocks UV radiation. Planes typically fly in this layer.
What is stratosphere?
500
Specialized radar used to assist in forecasting the weather.
What is Doppler radar?
500
This temperature air mass is capable of holding more water vapor than the other (warm/cold)
What is warm air mass?
500
Term used to describe a humid/moist air mass that forms over water.
What is maritime?
500
Type of weather front that forms when warm air pushes colder air away. Generally results in slow steady rain but rarely produces violent storms.
What is warm front?
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