Cold air forces warm air up and causes heavy rain and thunderstorms.
What is a cold front?
100
Warm air is _________ dense than cold air and _________.
What is less, rises?
100
When air temperature drops enough that the air cannot hold any more water it has reached it's ____ ______temperature.
What is dew point?
100
Air flows from areas of__________ to areas of ________ pressure.
What is high to low?
100
Thunderstorm clouds are called __________________.
What is cumulonimbus?
200
The type of air mass that forms over the Gulf of Mexico.
What is warm and moist or mT.
200
Cold air above in the atmosphere can hold __________water than warm air.
What is less.
200
Humidity is a description of how much _______ is in the air.
What is water?
200
The instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
200
Draw a station model with air temperature= 50,dew point=45, wind out of the north at 20knts, air pressure=990.4 mbs, the pressure has dropped 2 mbs in the last 3 hours, and it is 50% covered in clouds.
What is ????
300
The leading edge of an air mass.
What is a front?
300
The Sun causes evaporation, which causes warm air to rise. This will cause the water to _____________ out of the air onto dust particles.
What is condense?
300
If a weatherman tells you that the humidity is 90%, there is a lot of ___________in the air.
What is water?
300
Lines that connect points of equal pressure.
What is an isobar?
300
A storm that is short lived that spins very fast and comes from a thunderstorm.
What is a tornado?
400
When warm air over rides cold air already in place.
What is a warm front?
400
Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are all forms of _____________.
What is precipitation?
400
If the humidity is 100% and the temperature is 40 degrees one day and 100% with a temperature of 90 degrees the next. Which temperature has more moisture in the air?
What is 90 degrees?
400
Low pressure systems move from _____ to ______ across the country.
What is west to east?
400
This storm covers a large area with heavy winds and rain.
What is a hurricane?
500
Cold and warm fronts are usually associated with __________ pressure.
What is low?
500
Clouds are associated with ____________pressure.
What is low?
500
On a station model if the air temperature is equal to the dew point temperature it is probably___________.
What is raining?
500
The type of pressure where air sinks and sky's are mainly clear.
What is high pressure?
500
Meteorologists use pressure, wind, humidity, cloud cover, and temperature to ____________what will happen in the future.