falls from the sky as a liquid and remains ABOVE 32 degrees
What is RAIN
100
Very high whispy Flat layered clouds made of ice crystals
What is cirrostratus
100
funneling storms that touches the ground and wrecks havoc on homes and buildings
What is tornado
100
Cold air mass over powers a warm air mass and brings a short period of precipitation but leave clear dry cold skies
What is cold front
100
person that studies and predicts the weather
What is meteorologist
200
falls from the sky as a liquid BUT freezes as it falls through a layer of frozen atmosphere
What is SLEET
200
rainy flat low level cloud that brings rain for hours
What is nimbostratus
200
tropical disturbance that forms over warm water and brings extensive rain, possible flooding and can uproot trees
What is hurricane
200
warm air mass collides with cold air mass but doesnt move for days
What is stationary front
200
evaporation from the trees
What is transpiration
300
falls from the sky as rain but freezes when it hits a surface below 32 degrees F
What is Freezing Rain
300
Large towering rain cloud that brings thunderstorms
What is cumulonimbus
300
Storm created by a cumulonimbus cloud that brings lots of rain, lightning and possible hail
What is thinderstorm
300
Air mass moving cold air over land
What is Continental Polar
300
Any disturbance in the atmosphere
What is storm
400
Hails forms while bouncing around the updrafts and down drafts of this type of cloud
What is cumulonimbus
400
midlevel puffy cloud found between 2000-6000m
What is altocumulus
400
Storm that brings a lot of frozen precipitation and may cause pipes to burst and icy driving conditions
What is winter storm / blizzard
400
Humid air mass moving warm air to FL
What is maritime tropical
400
Weather tool that measures the amount of rain
What is rain guage
500
precipitation that condenses directly into an ice crystal (solid)
What is snow
500
dense stratus cloud very close to the ground
What is fog
500
Seasonal wind changes that cause a very rainy wet summer season and a very dry drought winter season usually in SE Asia and India
What is monsoon
500
Alaska gets these moist cold air masses that bring heavy snowy precipitation
What is Maritime Polar
500
The term meteorologists use to describe the fact that weather constantly changes and little changes may drastically change everything making it difficult to predict the weather.