Weather Predictions
If there is low pressure in an area what will the weather be like
Cloudy, warmer air, stormy
This term means measuring the daily amount of temperature and precipitation
Weather
Describe the cold front symbol
What is a blue triangle
A tool used to measure the temperature of air
What is a thermometer
The direction that weather patterns move in the United States?
What is west to east
If there is a high pressure system coming into the area, what weather would you experience?
Clear skies
What is the symbol for a warm front
Red semicircles
A tool used to measure the direction of the wind
What is an wind sock or weather vane
Winds that appear to move clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere is caused by what
What is the Coriolis Effect
Warmer temps, rain
Describe what a stationary front symbol looks like
Curved line with blue triangles and red half circles
A tool used to measure the speed of the wind
What is an anemometer
An air mass over a tropical ocean (would be)
What is warm and moist
A cold front is coming in. What weather are you about to experience?
Storms, cooler temps
The type of front that forms when three air masses of different temperatures meet
What is an occluded front
A tool used to measure the air pressure
What is a barometer
A swirling storm that produces high winds and rain that forms over warm ocean water
What is a hurricane
Identify the weather associated with a Continental Tropical air mass.
dry and hot
cold and humid
How do meteorologists know what weather is coming by looking at a front
fronts bring the weather that is behind them
Multiple weather tools are sent to the stratosphere with this
What is a weather balloon
What type of weather is associated with an anticyclone
clear skies, nice weather