Crazy Clouds
These clouds are thin and wispy
What are cirrus clouds
What is the weather like during a cold front?
Intense rain, snow, cold
Troposphere
The symbol for a cold front is?
blue triangles
Name 3 tools meteorologists use to predict the weather
Weather balloons, radar, airplanes, satellites, volunteer crews, thermometers, buoys, etc.
These clouds are big and fluffy
cumulus
What is the weather like during a warm front
Moist, drizzles, cloudy
List the layers of the atmosphere in order
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere.
The symbol for a warm front is?
red half circles
Average weekly weather report: What type of front is passing through?
Humidity is 70%, Precipitaition is 0.05 inches, temperature is 60 degrees F, cloud cover is 80%
A warm front is passing through
These are big rain clouds that span over multiple layers
What are cumulonimbus clouds
What happens during a stationary front?
Cold and warm air masses collide but no clear winner
Explain the temperature relationship in the troposphere and mesopshere
As altitude rises, air cools down
The symbol for a stationary front is?
blue triangles on one half, red semicircles on the other
Average weekly weather report: What pressure system is in the area
100% cloud cover, high wind gusts: 30mph, 60% chance of flurries, 37 degrees F.
Low pressure system
Describe the shape and location of an altostratus cloud
In the middle layer and like a sheet
What is an occluded front?
a warm air mass gets caught between 2 cold air masses
What warms the air in the tropospheric level?
Heat from the surface of Earth
The symbol for an occluded front is?
Purple triangles and semicircles on the same side of the line
The temperature of an area is rising. What is happening to the humidity?
Humidity is decreasing as air dries out.
Define these four latin terms
Cirro:
Alto:
Nimbus:
Strato
Cirro: high
Alto: middle
Nimbus: rain or (dark cloud)
Strato: sheet
Which front generally lasts the longest? Warm, Cold, occluded, or stationary?
Warm fronts
Remember "cool, dry, fast" and "warm, moist, slow"
What is the reason that air increases temperature as altitude increases in the stratosphere?
The presence of Ozone
How are low pressure and high pressure regions shown on a map?
Low pressure regions: red L
high pressure regions: blue H
What is the dew point?
The point at which water precipitates out of the air.