Fronts
Used to predict weather in the near future
What are forecasts?
IMETS
What are Incident Meteorologists?
A front is when two or more _____ ________ meet.
What are air masses?
______ are violent, funnel-shaped clouds with extremely strong winds.
What are tornadoes?
The force of the atmosphere pressing down on us.
What is air pressure?
Warm fronts on a weather map are always the color....
What is red?
_____ is a type of clouds that is described as a low-level cloud, gray, sheet-like.
What is a stratus cloud?
Provides weather information, data, and forecasting information to the United States
What is NWS (National Weather Service)?
Used to collect weather in the upper atmosphere...
What is a weather balloon?
The movement of air from a area of high pressure to low pressure.
What is wind?
The four main types of fronts are ____ fronts, ____ fronts, ____ fronts, and ____ fronts.
What are warm fronts, cold fronts, occluded fronts, and stationary fronts?
___________ are results of when a cold mass meets a warm mass and the warm air rises quickly, producing tall clouds.
What are thunderstorms?
There is a low pressure system on the weather map. This kind of weather should be occuring.
What is stormy or rainy?
Describes the percent of moisture in the air compared to the amount it can hold at that temperature.
What is relative humidity?
There's a warm front coming through. It's rainy and warm, but once the front goes away, it will be _____ and _____.
What is warm and humid?
Hurricanes occur when moist air flows up around the ____ _____________ area and forms a circular pattern. This produces strong winds, heavy rain, and huge waves.
What is low pressure?
A psychrometer measures?
What is relative humidity?
The temperature when the air cannot hold any more water molecules, they condense and it precipitates
What is dew point?