Making Predictions
This is why weather can only be predicted, not defined.
What are sudden, slight changes in the atmosphere?
This moves from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas.
What is air?
These two weather-based data pieces are the most helpful for meteorologist to track in order to most accurately predict changes in weather.
This happens in a low-pressure system.
What are temperature changes?
This is the reason why it feels more sticky in the summer than in the winter.
What is warm air being able to hold more water vapor than cold air?
This type of air pressure is expected on a sunny day.
What is a high-pressure system?
This type of air mass would form over warm water.
What is maritime tropical?
This is the major difference between daily forecasting and long-range forecasting.
What is daily forecasting's increase accuracy?
In a low pressure system, air _____ in the atmosphere.
What is rises?
Relative humidity is defined as the amount of water vapor in the air compared to this.
What is the amount of water vapor at saturation?
This is most likely to occur if a new air mass moved into an area.
What is the warmer air rises and there will be clouds and rain?
These two words best describe the air behind a cold front.
What are "colder" and "drier"?
This type of air mass would form over a cold, dry region of land.
What is continental polar?
This happens to air as it rises to higher altitudes and becomes colder.
What is holding less water vapor?
This type of air mass is most likely to bring hot, humid weather.
What is a maritime tropical?
A forecast indicates a dew point temperature equal to the air temperature. This implies.....
Relative humidity is 100% and it may rain.
This type of air mass forms over a cold ocean.
What is a maritime polar?
This is the process where tiny condensed water droplets combine and fall back on Earth.
What is precipitation?
This causes cooler weather at higher altitudes.
What is low pressure?
This will be most likely to cause clouds to form in a previously clear sky.
What is a warmer air mass moving into the area and rising?
The air temperature is 70 degrees and the relative humidity is 90%, so this would be the conclusion.
The amount of water vapor in the air is 90% of what the air can hold.
A continental polar air mass moves into an area. Based on the characteristics of this type of air mass, these changes are most likely to happen in the area.
What are a decrease in temperature and humidity?
This type of information would be least likely to receive from a weather satellite.
What is data regarding how many storms will occur in an entire season?
This describes the movement of air in a high-pressure system.
What is surface air moving away from the center of the system?
A mass of extremely cold, dry air moves over the ocean. The air mass is most likely to become this type.
What is a maritime polar?