Scenarios
Storms
Fronts and Systems
Before we could predict weather...
Odds & Ends
100
When a cold front comes in, it brings:
thunderstorms
100
What kind of storm is a small, spinning column of air with high wind speeds and low central pressure that touches the ground?
tornado
100
What kind of weather is associated with a high pressure system?
cool and clear
100
did we have to know how clouds form?
duh?! yes
100
What kind of weather is associated with #1?
days of clouds and wet weather
200
At 1:00 PM, the air temp. was 78 degrees F., and air pressure was 27.5 inches of mercury with heavy rain. By 4:00 P.M., the temp. had dropped to 62 degrees F, and pressure had risen to 28.5 inches of mercury. What kind of weather is likely for that evening?
Clear and cool
200
What type of storm forms when thunderstorms come together over tropical ocean waters, with winds between 120 and 180 km/hr (74-250 mi/hr).
hurricane
200
What will the weather be like in Knoxville shortly?
There will be thunderstorms.
200
the cause of seasons
yes
200
The Sun heats the surface of Earth unevenly, resulting in atmospheric convection currents. What directly results from the atmospheric convection currents?
wind
300
Air Pressure Falling Temp. 70 degrees and falling Humidity 78% and rising
thunderstorms (a cold front is coming in)
300
What kind of weather is associated with a warm front?
drizzly rain
300
Compare the temperatures of Martin and Nashville.
Martin is warmer because the warm front has passed by.
300
how raindrops create rainbows?
no
300
Draw H and L on the map of TN to show a south wind.
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400
Geronimo observes a clear sky and a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius at 8:00. The barometer is steady at 31. Relative humidity is 61%. What is the most likely prediction for the day's weather?
hot and clear
400
What term describes a swelling wall of water that develops over the ocean because of low atmospheric pressure and heavy winds?
storm surge
400
What kind of weather is associated the front in eastern TN?
large amounts of rain or snow
400
how changes in the atmosphere affect precipitation
yes
400
When water forms on the outside of a cold glass of water, the temperature of the glass has reached the:
dew point
500
The temp is 20 C and rising. Air pressure is 28.5 and falling. Relative humidity is 86 and rising. The dew point is 28 C. What will the weather probably be in a few hours?
rain
500
What is the range of speeds for a hurricane?
between 120 and 180 km/hr (74-250 mi/hr).
500
Which is warmer, Martin or Memphis?
Martin is warmer because it is in a warm air mass and the cold front has not made it there yet.
500
how animals breathe oxygen and plants produce carbon dioxide?
no
500
What kind of weather can we understand only after we understand static electricity first?
lightning
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