Vocabulary
Puffy clouds that rise from a flat bottom.
Cumulus
Air is mainly composed of oxygen and this other gas.
Nitrogen
This measures the temperature of the air outside.
A thermometer
Huge rotating storms that form over warm oceans are known as these.
Hurricanes
The two main differences between climate and weather are these.
Time (long v. short term) and size (large area v. small area)
Boundary between two air masses where the warm air slides up and over the cold.
Warm front
It has been raining steadily for several days. It is most likely a result of this type of front.
Stationary.
This measures the direction of the wind.
A weather vane
Wind direction
It is important to know what might be going on in the western United States for this reason.
Usually, weather in the US moves west to east, and what is happening in the west might eventually affect us.
Cirrus clouds look like this.
Wispy and feathery
Fronts always consist of these two things.
A warm air mass and a cold air mass.
This measures how much rain has fallen.
A rain gauge
Built up electrical charge in the clouds.
You might find these types of information on a weather map (name at least three).
Where storms are, what the temperature is, where fronts are, what the air pressure is, what the wind speed is.
This is the measure of how much water vapor is in the air.
Humidity
You are a meteorologist, and you notice that, this year, there are more violent storms and flooding than usual. You conclude that this must have happened.
El Nino
This measures the air pressure.
A barometer.
When warm air rises, it carries this up high into the sky. When it cools off, it will form clouds.
Water vapor
A wind that is blowing from New Mexico to Virginia would be called this sort of wind (think of directions).
A southwesterly wind.
Air pressure is this.
The force of air pressing down on an area.
These have the same temperature and moisture throughout.
Air masses.
This measures the speed of the wind.
An anemometer.
Clouds that are dark are usually heavy with this.
Rain
You live near a huge lake. You are most likely to experience this sort of weather during the summer, and this sort of weather during the winter.
Cooler, rainy summers and warmer winters.