Air Pressure
What does low pressure indicate
Bad weather (clouds and precipitation)
Humidity is the amount of this in the air?
What is water or moisture
The symbol for a cold front is a curved line with this shape on it
What is a Triangle
I measure the speed of wind
What is anemometer
Clouds need the following to form on
What are condensation nuclei
Which way does a high pressure system rotate
Clockwise and outward
When clouds become saturated it begins to
A curved blue line with semi circles on it is the symbol for a?
Warm front
Use me to measure the air temperature
A thermometer
These two air masses come together to form a tornado
cP and mT
What are lines called that connect points of equal barometric pressure
Isobars
A cold dry airmass that may move over NY state would be from here
What is Central Canada
A cold front produces this kind of slope
What is steep
Feeling like the air is weighing down on you, to measure air pressure use me
What is a barometer
An airmass that would be labeled warm and dry
cT
How will isobars look when there is a lot of wind
Close together
How do hurricanes form?
Extreme low pressure, warm ocean
As a result of a cold front, this kind of weather will be sure to follow
What is heavy rains or violent thunderstorms
This is a symbolic illustration showing the weather occurring at a given reporting station. You can find me on page 13 of the ESRT.
What is a station model
More severe weather will be found around what pressure system
What is Low Pressure
What causes wind
Uneven heating of the Earth's surface causes pressure differences.
What causes winds to deflect (turn) to the right or left?
Earth's rotation
Warm air mass meets and rises above cold air masses during this kind of front
What is warm
20 degrees Celsius is what in Fahrenheit?
68 degrees Fahrenheit
Clouds form in the following sequence
Rising, expanding, cooling, condensation