Air Pressure
Lake Effect
Air Masses and Fronts
Orographic (rain shadow) Effect
Miscellaneous
100

Cold and dense air is this type of air pressure

High

100

The side of Michigan that receives lake effect snow.

West/Left

100

A cold and dry air mass.

Continental Polar

100

The side of the mountain that receives high amounts of precipitations

Windward

100

The process of continuous water movement throughout Earth.

The Water Cycles

200

The tool we use to measure atmospheric pressure

Barometer

200

The direction the prevailing wind has to be coming from for Hudsonville to receive Lake Effect Snow.

West

200

A boundary where a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass.

Cold Front

200

The side of the mountain that experiences the rain shadow effect 

Leeward

200

The air pressure in Hudsonville MI


Between 1008-1012 mb

300

Characteristics of a high pressure area

Sunny, dense, sinking air

300

The meteorologist that predicts snow days due to lake effect. 

Blake Harms

300

The air mass that takes places over Arizona, New Mexico.

Continental Tropical

300

Prevailing winds must blow over this for the orographic effect to occur

Large Body of Water

300

Long-term average conditions of a place.

Climate

400

Characteristics of a low pressure area

Rainy, cloudy, windy, rising air

400

This portion of the water cycle is the process that forms clouds that we experience during lake effect.

Condensation

400

The two properties we use to describe an air mass.

Humidity and Temperature

400

Properties of a rain shadow

Arid, dry, little vegetation

400

What can be said about the average temperature in Brownsville during 2012 compared to the average. 

The average temperature is higher

500

Air travels in this direction due to air pressure

From high to low

500

The four characteristics needed for lake effect to occur.

Land and water temperature difference

A large body of water

Unfrozen water surface

Light wind

500

2 Characteristics of a warm front. 

Warm Temperature, Light Precipitation, Slow Movement, Warm Air Rises Over Cold Air 
500
Draw a model of the orographic effect


500

The air mass that is causing the cold front moving through the midwest.

Continental Polar

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