Air Masses/Fronts
This is an air mass that is cold and dry.
What is continental polar?
These are lens-shaped clouds that often form near mountains.
What are lenticular clouds?
This process is usually responsible for cloud formation.
What is adiabatic cooling?
This consists of large drops of liquid water.
What is rain?
This is when an area is receiving less precipitation than normal.
What is meteorological drought?
This is an air mass that forms over the ocean.
What is a maritime air mass?
This is a clous with a low-level base and a top composed of ice crystals.
What is cumulonimbus?
This is the process whereby plants release water into the atmosphere from the leaves.
What is transpiration?
This forms as balls of ice are blown by a thunderstorm updraft. It also includes layers of glaze and rime.
What is hail?
This is a lack of precipitation that affects an area's crops.
What is an agricultural drought?
This is an air mass that forms over the Caribbean Sea.
What is maritime tropical?
This is the least common type of high-level cloud.
What is cirrocumulus?
This is the process whereby frost is formed.
What is deposition?
This is made of ice crystals, usually in geometric shapes.
What is snow?
This is water vapor whose temperature has dropped below the freezing point.
What is supercooled?
This is the type of front that a frontal cyclone begins with.
What is a stationary front?
These mid-level clouds are known for covering the sky and producing steady precipitation.
What are nimbostratus?
This is the process in which a liquid becomes a gas.
What is evaporation?
This consists of drops of liquid water smaller than raindrops.
What is drizzle?
This is the movement of water from the air to the earth's surface and back.
What is the hydrological cycle?
Two unmoving air masses of different temperatures form this type of front.
What is stationary?
These are billowy, low-level clouds with flat bases.
What are cumulus clouds?
This is the process in hwich rain forms from melted snowflakes.
What is Bergeron-Findeisen process?
This is an extended period of heavy snow and high wind.
What is a blizzard?
This is an area of the surface over which an air mass formed.
What is source region?