Clouds
Flat grey clouds that stretch across the sky.
What is stratus clouds
Two types of precipitation that hit the ground as a liquid.
What is rain, and freezing rain.
The movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure
What is wind
A front that stays in the same place for a long period of time.
What is a stationary front.
White puffy clouds with flat bottoms
What are cumulus clouds
This type of precipitation grows in layers each time it is pushed up or down in the cloud.
What is hail.
Bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above the surface of the sky.
What is jet streams.
This fronts symbol is purple with spikes and bumps mixed together.
What is an occluded front
Big, tall clouds that start as cumulus and end in a thunderstorm
What are Cumulonimbus clouds.
This type of precipitation melts on its way to the ground and stays a liquid drop of water as it hits the above freezing ground.
What is sleet
Flowing air that goes from an ocean to lake, to land.
What is a sea breeze.
What does the root word nimbo mean?
Nimbo means precipitation bringing
A precipitation that can be particularly dangerous since it can cause surfaces to be covered in solid sheets of ice.
What is freezing rain.
Cold winds that blow from east to west near the North and South Poles.
What are polar Easterlies
High, wispy clouds made of ice crystals
What are cirrus clouds
Three types of precipitation that hit the ground as a solid
What is snow, sleet, hail.
These winds blow from west to east between latitudes 30° North and 60° North, and 30° South and 60° South.
What are Prevailing westerlies.