Station Model
Fronts
Hurricanes/Tornadoes
Winds
Miscellaneous
100
it is how fast the wind is blowing in this model
What is 35 knots?
100
It is the instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a Barometer?
100
The official name for the spinning column of air in a tornado
What is a vortex?
100
It is an area of no winds near the equator
What are the Doldrums?
100
It is the unit used to measure air pressure
What is a millibar?
200
It is the actual air pressure
What is 999.4 mb?
200
A column of air that has dense sinking air is this type of front
What is a cold front?
200
This scale determines a tornado category after the event happens
What is the Enhanced Fujita scale or EF scale?
200
These winds originate above 60 degrees
What are Polar easterlies?
200
It explains why moving objects bend to the right or left
What is the Coriolis Effect?
300
It is the direction the wind is blowing
What is SE?
300
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What is a warm front?
300
Hurricanes and tornadoes always spin this direction in the northern hemisphere
What is counter clockwise?
300
These winds were used to navigate ships below 30 degrees latitude
What are Trade Winds?
300
It is the type of front that creates thunderstorms
What is a cold front?
400
It is what the number 23 stands for
What is the Dew point?
400
Front created when cold and warm fronts meet but do not move each other
What is a stationary front?
400
It is the minimum water temperature for hurricanes to form
What is 79 degrees F?
400
These winds flow from 30 degrees latitude towards 60 degrees latitude
What are Westerlies?
400
This difference determines the actual wind speed
What is the pressure gradient?
500
It is the line that connects similar air pressures on a map
What is an isobar?
500
What is an occluded front?
500
It is the scale used to determine Hurricane category
What is the Saffir-Simpson scale?
500
It is the instrument used to determine wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500
It is the ambient temperature when water condenses
What is the Dew Point?