Fronts
What front do we get when warm air collides with cool air?
We get A warm front because warm air is colliding with the cool air.
Where is all the air when there is high pressure?
At the bottom or sinking because warm air sinks.
what are the most common clouds in a thunderstorm?
cumulonimbus clouds because cumulonimbus clouds are the dark gray clouds we see when we get a thunderstorm.
What does a weather station do?
Weather stations tell you the amount of wind, Air pressure, and temperature in an area.
Most important thing needed for the water cycle?
The Sun because without the sun there would be no evaporation.
What weather does a cold front bring?
Cold fronts bring severe and fast paced weather.
What kind of weather is associated with a High pressure system?
Sunny weather because all the air is at the bottom so there is nothing at the top just clear sunny skies.
Is a tornado called a tornado if it doesn't hit the ground?
No if a tornado doesn't hit the ground it is called a tropical storm.
What does the shaded area on a weather station mean?
The shaded area shows the cloud percentage in the area. If it is not shaded it is clear, if it is shaded 1/4 of the way it is 25% cloudy. If it is shaded 1/2 of the way it is 50% cloudy. If it is shaded 3/4 of the way it is 75% cloudy. If it is shaded the whole way it is 100% cloudy.
What are the different air masses?
Continental tropical, Continental polar, Maritime tropical, and Maritime polar.
How many fronts are there?
4, Warm fronts, Cold fronts, Stationary fronts, And Occluded fronts.
What pressure system brings thunderstorms?
Low pressure because all the air is at the top and air makes clouds.
What is the weakest part of a hurricane?
The eye or the center is the weakest part of a hurricane.
What do the lines on the top of the sticks mean.
The sticks are the wind speed. full length sticks are 10 wind speed and if they are half of the big stick they are 5 mph.
How many layers are in the atmosphere?
5 the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere.
What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?
A stationary front brings rain,snow,or clouds and can stay like that for several days.
Does pressure have impact on storms?
Yes because if you have low pressure it creates clouds.
What are the 2 main winter storms?
Blizzards and snowstorms.
Can you calculate how much water vapor is in the air on a weather station?
No you cannot sadly.
Would the air on the road be hotter or would the air on the grass be hotter?
The Road because road has a higher heating rate than grass or in other words a road heats up faster than grass.
What front has the most complex weather?
The occluded front, The occluded front can bring cold weather near the ground and weather may turn cloudy,rainy,or snowy.
How do we know we are experiencing convection.
wind, Wind because convection is the moving of air and that is what wind is.
What do they call storms that originate in the ocean?
They call them tropical storms.
What is the average pressure?
The average pressure is 1000.
What do global winds do?
Warm air rises and condenses then it cools and comes back down.