Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
100
Day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere
What is weather?
100
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100
The name of the first storm formed in the Atlantic
What is Ana?
200
The change in phase of liquid water to water vapor
What is evaporation?
200
Any cloud having substantial vertical development
What are cumulus clouds?
200
A 1200-year cold period that interrupted a period of warming that began about 15,000 years ago and eventually gave way to the current Holocence epoch.
What is the Younger Dryas?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200
This storm had its ten year anniversary in August
What is hurricane is Katrina
300
Amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
300
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky
What are cirrus clouds?
300
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal temperature
What is isotherm?
300
A linear band of thunderstorms, often found several hundred kilometers ahead of a cold front
What is a squall line?
300
This storm is had the lowest pressure ever recorded in the western hemisphere?
What is hurricane Patricia?
400
The process of water vapor turning into water droplets
What is condensation?
400
Air that is adjacent to the surface and contains suspended water droplets, usually formed by diabetic cooling.
What is fog?
400
Hot, dry air mass that form over a subtropical continent, particularly in the summer
What is continental tropical (cT) air mass?
400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
400
The number of sever thunderstorm and tornado watches issued by the Storm Predication Center from March 1-23
What is 0?
500
Water that is found underground
What is groundwater?
500
A cumulus cloud with very deep vertical development extending into the lower stratosphere, distinguished by an anvil at its top consisting of ice crystals
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
An absolute temperature scale.
What is kelvin scale?
500
A potentially damaging influx of coastal waters brought about by high winds and low pressure associated with hurricanes
What is a storm surge?
500
These two meteorologically events happened on Mother's Day
What is a major winter storm and tropical storm Ana?