Cloud Related
Hazardous Weather
Other
Air Masses
Severe Weather
Weather
1
I am something that can change day to day outside.
Weather
1
This Cloud tells you a thunderstorm is on its way.
Cumulonimbus
1
The boundary between two different air masses
Weather front
1
Cold and dry
Continental polar (cP)
1
This is a rise of water with no place to go.
Flood
1
Type of low-lying cloud making it difficult to see
Fog
2
Cumulus clouds that are higher than normal
Altocumulus
2
This can flood and damage homes due to strong winds and rain usually starting in the ocean and moving towards coastline cities.
Hurricane
2
This type of climate is close to the equator. It starts with the letter "T"
Tropical
2
Cold and wet
Maritime polar (mP)
2
This is the amount of water in the air
Humidity
2
Weather front type that can cause thunderstorms and lots of precipitation.
Cold front
5
Puffy clouds found at a medium to low height.
Cumulus
5
These are the number one cause of weather-related death in the US.
What are flash floods?
5
Where a dry air mass is likely to have formed
Land
5
Warm and dry
Continental tropical (cT)
5
This is a storm that swirls over land.
Tornado
5
Snow that begins to melt as it reaches the ground, but doesn't melt completely
Sleet
10
This is a system caused by air swirling downward and can cause storms to form.
Low pressure system
10
This has rain, thunder and lightning.
Thunderstorm
10
This climate is always cold and there is a type of bear named after it.
What is Polar?
10
Warm and wet
Maritime tropical (mT)
10
This is a continuous period of dry weather or no precipitation.
Drought
10
When electricity builds up in the clouds and then discharges on the ground.
Lightning
200
Seasonal periods of intense rain that is important to places including Australia, Western Africa, and Southern Asia
Monsoon
200
A shallow water wave caused by the gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth or from an earthquake below the ocean
Tidal wave or Tsunami
200
Small iced balls raining down creating damage
Hail
200
The type of air mass that you are most likely to find over Arizona and New Mexico
Continental tropical (cT)
200
Hazardous weather is more likely to occur when two air masses meet that are ______________?
Different
200
When rain falls and freezes on the ground immediately.
Freezing rain