Amount of water vapor in the air
Humidity
Has cool temperatures and large amounts of rain or snow
Occluded Front
A tool used to measure the amount of water vapor in the air
Sling Psychrometer
An area of cooler air that causes happy high pressure weather
High Pressure
An area of warmer air that causes lousy low pressure weather
Low Pressure
A measure of force with which air molecules push on a surface
Air Pressure
Moves quickly and bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, or snow followed by cooler drier weather
Cold Front
Moves slowly and brings many days of drizzly rain followed by clear and warm weather
Warm front
Moves slowly because neither front has enough power to push the other out the way, brings many days of cloudy, wet weather
Stationary Front
The continuous recycling of water through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff
Water Cycle
Areas that have a higher pressure that moves towards areas of lower pressure in the direction opposite to Earth's rotation (clockwise)
Anticyclone
Areas that have a lower pressure than the surrounding areas and winds that spiral toward the center
Cyclone