Storms #1
This storm can develop into a supercell.
What is a thunderstorm?
This storm forms over warm ocean waters.
What is a hurricane?
These are used to show air pressure on a map.
When the humidity is low, this form of weather should be occurring.
What is sunny skies?
This tool is used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
This storm starts as a supercell thunderstorm and can begin to funnel around a low pressure area.
What is a tornado?
This storm involves cold temps, lots of snowfall and high wind.
What is a blizzard?
This tool measures air temperature.
What is a thermometer?
These are used to show air temperature on map.
What are isotherms?
This tool show cloud movement on Earth.
What is a satellite?
This unusual pattern of winds that forms over the Western Pacific Ocean disrupts the cold ocean currents which leads to heavy rains and droughts in our world.
What is El Nino?
This weather patterns occurs when surface ocean currents are colder than normal and can bring greater precipitation to the Pacific Northwest of the US.
What is La Nina?
This tool measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
This tool measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
This storm dies out once it reaches land.
What is a hurricane?
All storms form in a _____ pressure area.
What is low?
This storm forms when warm, humid air meets a cold dry air. They tend to form in the central US during the spring.
What is a tornado?
The closer these are on a map, the higher the wind speed.
What are isobars?
You are reading a barometer with a reading of 31 inches. These weather conditions should be occurring.
What is fair weather?
These two tools measure humidity.
What is a psychrometer and a hygrometer?
This is the correct order that a storm takes to become a hurricane. _______-> _______-> ________-> hurricane
What is storm, tropical depression, tropical storm?
All storms form when these two air masses met.
What is continental polar (cold, dry) and maritime tropical (warm, moist)?
You are reading a barometer with a reading of 955 mb. These weather conditions should be occurring.
What is clouds and precipitation?
If the humidity is high, this form of weather should be occurring.
What is clouds and precipitation?
All weather patterns move ________ to _______.
What is west to east?