Storms
Air masses
What direction do I go?
Measure it
Clouds
100
violent disturbance in the atmosphere
What is a storm?
100
cold air mass formed over an ocean
What is maritime polar air mass?
100
Water spirals _______ in the Southern Hemisphere?
What is counterclockwise?
100
Wind direction is measured with this instrustment?
What is a wind vane?
100
I am high in the atmosphere, wispy and made of ice crystals.
What is a cirrus cloud?
200
tropical stomr that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour that occur in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
What is a hurricane?
200
warm air mass formed over an ocean
What is maritime tropical air mass?
200
In the Northern Hemisphere, the Coriolis Effect deflects winds to the _________.
What is right?
200
Relative Humidity is measured with this instrustment?
What is a sling psychrometer?
200
I am a low altitude cloud that is layered.
What is stratus?
300
Lightning rapidly heats air causing it to expand suddenly and explosively. The sound of the explosion is _________.
What is thunder?
300
very cold air mass, formed over land-locked area
What is Arctic air mass?
300
Toward what direction does an east wind blow?
What is west?
300
Wind is measured by _______ and ________.
What is speed and direction?
300
my prefix means rain
What is nimbus?
400
is a sudden spark, or energy discharge, as these charges jump between parts of the cloud or between the cloud and the ground.
What is lightening?
400
warm air mass formed over land
What is continental tropical air mass?
400
Water spirals ________ in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is clockwise?
400
Wind speed is measured with this instrustment?
What is an anemometer?
400
My prefix means puffy and my suffix means rain.
What is cumulonimbus?
500
a rapidly whirling, funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface.
What is a tornado?
500
cold air mass formed over land
What is continental polar air mass?
500
Global winds blow from the _________ to the ________.
What is equator to the poles?
500
What is the relative humidity for a dry bulb temperature of 17 degrees Celsius and a difference of 2 degrees Celsius?
What is 81%?
500
My prefix means fluffy, heaps, puffy.
What is cumulus?
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