Wind and Pressure systems
Moisture and Clouds
Air masses and Fronts
Atmosphere and Heat transfer
Forecasting
100
Moves from high to low pressure
What is wind?
100
The amount of moisture in the air
What is humidity?
100
It has the same temperature and humidity.
What is an air mass?
100
Heat transfer that happens when you touch a hot pan.
What is conduction?
100
GFS
What is a computer model used for forecasting or Global Forecast system
200
Causes the wind to curve or change direction
What is Coriolis Effect?
200
The temperature at with water vapor changes in to a liquid
What is dew point?
200
Warm and dry
What is cT or Continental Tropical?
200
As you go up in the atmosphere this decreases to 0
What is air pressure or pressure?
200
Whatever it was yesterday will be the temperature today.
What is persistence?
300
Winds that occur across the entire Earth
What is global winds?
300
A particle in the air that water condenses on
What is condensation nuclei?
300
When a 2 air masses meet.
What is a front?
300
This heat transfer warms the atmosphere with the air rising and falling
What is convection?
300
The average high and low temperatures for at least the last 30 years.
What is Climatology or normal?
400
Moves in a clockwise direction with the wind moving outward
What is high pressure system?
400
This holds more moisture
What is warm air?
400
A cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass lifting the warm air.
What is a cold front?
400
This gets colder, warmer, colder and extremely hot as you rise in the atmosphere
What is temperature?
400
This is given when a tornado is spotted visually or on radar?
What is a warning?
500
Has cloudy, stormy weather.
What is Low Pressure system?
500
The highest type of cloud that comes before a warm front
What is cirrus?
500
Air masses move really slowly or not at all
What is a stationary front?
500
Travels through empty space
What is radiation?
500
This is the most accurate
What is day to day or daily?
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