Weather & Air Masses
_____ is the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.
What is weather?
A huge body of air that has mostly the same temperature, humidity, and air pressure throughout.
What is air mass?
The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms...
What is dew point?
Study and predict weather...
What is a meteorologist?
Storms producing the highest winds.
What are hurricanes?
Air masses that form over land are....
What is a continental air mass?
When air masses and their boundaries push against each other in opposite directions and cannot move..
What is a stationary front?
The three main types of cloud...
What is stratus, cumulus, and cirrus?
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Represented by an L on a weather map and is a swirling low pressure area.
What is a cyclone?
The boundary where air masses meet
What is a front?
What is stormy weather?
Smooth, even sheets or layers at low altitude...
What is Stratus?
Lines on a weather map that join places with the same air pressure
What are isobars?
A tropical cyclone that forms over warm ocean water
What is a Hurricane?
Temperature, wind, air pressure, dew point, and ________ describes weather.
What is humidity?
What is cold front?
High, thin, white, feathery clouds made of ice crystals...
What is cirrus?
In the U.S., weather fronts typically move from____ to _____....
What is west to east?
What is a a cumulonimbus cloud?
An air mass that forms over north central Mexico is called a ___________ tropical air mass.
What is a continental?
involves three air masses of different temperatures...
What is Occluded?
Clouds that are dark and so full of water that sunlight can't penetrate them...
What is Nimbus?
Used to show weather conditions at a specific location...
What is station models?
____ occur insides warm, moist air masses and at fronts...
What is Thunderstorms?