Air Mass
Pressure System
Clouds
Severe Weather
Misc Facts
100
What air mass is moist and hot?
Maritime Tropical
100
What pressure system is usually cold and dry?
High Pressure
100
What clouds are associated with thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus
100
What provides the energy for a hurricane?
Warm water
100
How much water carries away a car in a flood?
2 feet
200
What air mass is cold and dry?
Continental Polar
200
What pressure system is warm and moist?
Low Pressure
200
What cloud is on the ground?
Fog
200
What severe weather do we see in the spring when there is a lot of rain, but the ground is frozen?
Flooding
200
Where should you go if a tornado is coming?
Basement
300
What are winds named after? (Where they come from or where they are going)
Where they come from
300
What front hangs over an area and doesn't move?
Stationary
300
A tornado watch means
a tornado could happen
300
Do we have more or less daylight now than April?
More
400
What direction do high and low pressure systems rotate?
High=CW, Low=CCW
400
What are the 3 main cloud categories?
Alto, Stratus, Cirrus
400
A tornado warning means
A tornado is happening
500
What scale do we use to measure a tornado?
The Fujita scale
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