Weather vs Climate
The conditions of the air in a specific place at a specific time. Constantly Changing.
What is weather
Regions near the equator will have a warmer climate because of their __________.
What is latitude?
An air mass over the United States that has cool, moist air.
What is a Maritime Polar Air Mass?
A pressure system where warmer molecules rise into the Troposphere and clouds are able to form.
What is a Low Pressure System?
The sky condition caused by a high pressure system.
What is sunny skies?
The average temperature and precipitation patterns of a large area or region. The average, typical or usual weather in a place.
What is climate?
What is cooler?
A front that results in heavy rain or thunderstorms and decreasing temperatures.
What is a cold front?
A pressure system where colder air molecules sink and rotate in a clockwise direction, prohibiting the formation of clouds.
What is a high pressure system?
A cold front is moving east past Atlanta, Georgia. Tomorrow, the temperature would be expected to ____.
What is decrease?
Three things that affect daily weather conditions.
What is pressure, fronts, and air movement?
Precipitation is more likely on the _____ side of a mountain.
A front where two air masses of the same temperature meet and trap warmer air above resulting in precipitation.
What is an occluded front?
The type of wind that occurs near bodies of water due to convection currents.
A meteorologist placed a warm front on the map with the semi-circles pointed upward. What direction is this front moving?
What is north?
Three things that affect the climate in an area.
What is latitude, elevation and ocean currents?
A warm ocean current that flows on the east coast of the United States, across the Atlantic and towards Europe.
What is the Gulf Stream?
A front that results in increasing temperatures and precipitation.
What is a warm front?
The forceful, tunnel of air high in the Troposphere that pushes weather from the west to the east across the United States.
What is the Jet Stream?
A meteorologist talks about pressure rotating in a counterclockwise direction and lifting warm air molecules. What type of pressure system is the meteorologist describing?
The type of climate in mid-latitudes where there are a seasonal changes.
A cool ocean current that flows from the poles down the west coast of the United States.
What is the California Current?
A front where two air masses of equal strength are unable to move for several days.
What is a stationary front?
The Coriolis Effect...
What is the movement of air because of Earth's rotation?
A meteorologist reports that the temperature is 73*F in Orlando, Florida with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms after a sunny morning. What part of the report is a Quantitative observation?
What is 73*F?