This is when less dense air rises in an area and produces clouds or rainy conditions
What is low pressure
100
This when a cold air mass is gradually replaced by a warm air mass.
What is a warm front?
200
These clouds are flat, sheet like clouds that usually bring overcast skies or light rain
What is stratus
200
Wind speeds are measured using this instrument
What is an anemometer
200
A front is over Murfreesboro and the weather is rainy or cloudy for many days
What is a stationary front
200
High pressure tends to bring _______ air
What is cool
200
This is how many occluded fronts are illustrated on the following weather map
What is one (eastern Canada)?
300
These are thunderheads and bring severe weather
What is cumulonimbus
300
This part of a particular weather instrument takes into account how much water evaporates into the surrounding air
What is a wet bulb thermometer
300
A front where a cold air mass traps a warm air mass and pushed it up----produces this type of weather conditions
What is snow!
300
The temperature at which water vapor can no longer fit in the air and condensation occurs
What is the dew point
300
True or False with explanation: The weather conditions are right for a tropical storm to develop in the Atlantic Ocean
What is False (High pressure; clear/dry)?
400
This root means "rain"
What is nimbus
400
This instrument measures humidity and dew point
What is a psychrometer
400
A column of spinning air where a dry air mass from Canada and a wet air mass from the Gulf of Mexico meet forms this front
What is a cold front
400
An electric discharge that occurs between two oppositely charged areas
What is lightning
400
This is the main cause of temperatures not changing significantly during the overnight hours as heat energy is not lost by the Earth to space.
What is cloud coverage/clouds?
500
I plan on going for a 9 mile run this weekend (Saturday). It is clear today with few clouds in the sky. The barometric pressure is 29.10 in. and dropping cirrus clouds over head.
What is no, it will be raining
500
A weather vane or wind vane is an instrument that shows this
wind direction
500
What type of air mass would be wet and cold?
What is maritime polar? (mP)
500
This is the scale that measures or rates the amount of damage a funnel shaped cumulonimbus cloud that touches the ground causes
What is the Enhanced Fujita Scale
500
This is where the wind speeds are the highest and how you can tell.
What is the NE U.S./eastern Canada because of the isobars being packed together