Extreme Weather
Wind and air mass
Clouds and Precip
Hodge Podge
Hodge Podge
100
Present in the formation of a hurricane
What is hot water above 80?
100
Cool air from the ocean to the land, happens at night
What is a sea breeze?
100
Overcast day with low chance of rain.
What are Stratus clouds?
100
Place on Earth that receives the most solar energy or heat.
What is the equator?
100
Winds that blow cold air in high altitudes from the west and cause precipitation.
What are Prevailing Westerlies?
200
Determines the strength of a hurricane.
What are winds?
200
Brings warm air from the land to the ocean, happens during the day.
What is a land breeze?
200
Fair skies, high altitude, thin, and made of ice crystals
What are Cirrus clouds?
200
Air masses with different temperatures meet and stay in the same place for days
What is a stationary front?
200
Cold air mass collides with a warm air mass will bring
What is snow or rain, precipitation?
300
Brings thunder, lightning, and heavy rain.
What is a thunderstorm?
300
Jet streams blow in what direction.
What is west to east?
300
Instrument that measures the amount of precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
300
Causes wind in the Earth's atmosphere.
What is the uneven heating of Earth?
300
Air masses with different temperatures 
What is a front?
400
Funnel shaped, with high speed winds
What is a tornado?
400
Responsible for the movement of an air mass
What are the changes in air temperature?
400
Meteorologist use these two things to predict precipitation.
What are technology and weather patterns?
400
Is approaching if clouds clear and temperatures begin to drop.
What is a cold front?
400
Direction weather flows
What is west to east?
500
Type of air that will produce the most powerful storms.
What is cold air replacing warm air?
500
Predicts the movement of the jet stream.
What is air temperature?
500
Description of clouds that bring precipitation
What is tall and dark?
500
Direction where Air pressure is lower and temperature is lower
What is going up a mountain?
500
North Carolina gets its summer storms from this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
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