Weather basics
Changes In the atmosphere measured over short periods of time
what is weather
Warm air displaces cold air,during cloudy and gentle rain , after is warm and humid weather
what is a warm front
Helps determine measurements of temperature
what is a thermometer
trade winds directions
what is east> to <west
a storm cloud
what is cumulonimbus
Changes in the atmosphere measured over long periods of times
what is climate
cold air displaces cold warm air, during violent storms, after is fair and cool weather
What is a cold front
Helps determine measurements of wind speed
what is a barometer
directions of prevailing westerlies
what is west< to >east
A large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals.
what is clouds
an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years, characterized by the appearance of unusually warm, nutrient-poor water off northern Peru and Ecuador, typically in late December.
what is el nino
two air masses meet and don't move. many days of cloudy wet weather
what is a stationary front
Helps determine measurements of wind speed
direction of polar easterlies
what is >east to west <
High clouds (there's three)
what is cirrus,cirrostratus,cirrocumulus
a weather pattern that occurs in the Pacific Ocean. In this pattern, strong winds blow warm water at the ocean's surface from South America to Indonesia. As the warm water moves west, cold water from the deep rises to the surface near the coast of South America.
what is la nina
a cold air mass moves so quickly that it overtakes a warm front, causing warm air to wedge upward. Brings continuous showers
what is an occluded front
Helps determine measurements of precipitation
what is a radar
-Air that forms over land
-dry air
what os continental
Low clouds(there are four)
what is stratocumulus, cumulus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus
As global climate changes,_______ patterns are expected to change as well.
what is weather
What color is the H and the L on a weather map
what is blue
what is red
Helps determine measurements of wind speed in storms
what is a doppler radar
-air that forms over water
-wet air
what is maritime
what is the hight of the middle cloud range
what is 20,00ft.