Fronts
Storms
Air Masses
Precipitation
Clouds
100
A front where a warm air mass is caught in two cold air masses
What is an occluded front?
100
A storm
What is a violent disturbance in the atmosphere?
100
These air masses are dry
What is an continental air mass?
100
Rain that freezes in mid air
What is sleet?
100
Thin wispy clouds
What are cirrus clouds?
200
This front brings humid air and light drizzles
What is a warm front?"
200
Causes lightning, floods, and fires
What is a thunderstorm?
200
Continental polar
What is a dry and cold air mass from the central/eastern USA?
200
The most common type of precipitation
What is rain?
200
Clouds that bring storms
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
300
The four types of fronts.
What are Cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, and occluded fronts?
300
This is measured by the Fujita scale
What is a tornado?
300
A huge body of air with the same temperature and humidity throughout
What is an air mass?
300
This passes through the clouds because of updrafts
What are hailstones?
300
Low gray clouds
What are stratus clouds?
400
This brings rain, snow, fog, or clouds
What is a stationary front?
400
This has wind speeds over 74mph
What is a hurricane?
400
The four air masses
What are Continental polars and tropicals and Maritime polars and tropicals?
400
The five precipitation types
What is rain, sleet, snow, hail, and freezing rain?
400
Clouds near the ground
What is fog
500
A front
What is the boundary where two air masses meet?
500
A wave that raises the sea level.
What is a storm surge?
500
They move air masses
What are prevailing westerlies, jet streams, and fronts?
500
Any form of water that falls from clouds
What is precipitation?
500

The water particles condense on these

What are dust and smoke particles?

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