Clouds
Systems
Instruments
Winds
Odds & Ends
100
Blanket like
What is stratus clouds?
100
Pressure system that brings fair weather.
What is high pressure?
100
Wind direction.
What is a weather vane?
100
Brings weather to US.
What is Prevailing Westerlies?
100
Process that changes from gas (water vapor) to liquid.
What is condensation?
200
Puffy, like cotton balls.
What is cumulus clouds?
200
Pressure system which usually brings rainy weather.
What is low pressure?
200
Wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
200
Brings weather to the poles.
What is Polar Easterlies?
200
Person who predicts the weather.
What is a meterologist?
300
Ice crystals
What is cirrus clouds?
300
Where a cold air mass bumps against a warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
300
Humidity.
What is hygrometer?
300
Brings weather to areas near the equator.
What is trade winds?
300
Weather over a long period of time.
What is climate?
400
Means stormy.
What is nimbus?
400
Type of heat exchange that causes warm air to move upward.
What is convection?
400
Snow fall.
What is a ruler?
400
Movement of air across large distances - high above Earth's surface.
What is global winds?
400
Water that sinks into the Earth's surface.
What is ground water?
500
Lowest level cloud - near the ground.
What is fog?
500
The area where a warm air mass meets a colder air mass and slowly rises over it.
What is a warm front?
500
Winds that move across smaller distances -- closer to Earth's surface.
What is local winds?
500
A steam of warm water in the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Gulf Stream?
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