storms
clouds
precipitation
water in the atmosphere
air masses and fronts
100
a vilent disturbance in the atmosphere
What is a storm
100
a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
What is a cloud
100
is any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earths surface
What is precipitation
100
is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity
100
maritime tropical-warm humid air masses that form over tropical air masses that form over the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean continental tropical-dry air mass formed over land in area close to the equator
What is a maritime tropical and a continental tropical
200
a tropical cyclone that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher
What is a hurricane
200
a wispy feathery cloud
What is a cirrus cloud
200
the most common type of precipitation
What is rain
200
the amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of the amount needed for saturation at the same temperature.
What is relative humidity
200
maritime polar- moist air mass which affects the United States continental polar-Air Masses cold temperatures and little moisture
What is maritime polar and continental polar
300
most frightning and destructive storm
What is a tornadoe
300
a white puffy cloud that looks like it is made of cotton
What is a cumulus cloud
300
round pellats of ice that are bigger than 5 diameters
What is hail
300
with a psychrometer
how do you measure relative humidity
300
cold front-the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system warm front-the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system
What is a cold front and a warm front
400
when so much water pours into a stream or river and its banks overflow cover the surrounding land
What is a flood
400
clouds that form in flat layers
What is a stratus
400
ice crystals
What is snow
400
wet bulb and dry bulb thermometer
What are the two types of thermometers in relative humdity
400
occluded front-a composite front produced by occlusion stationary front-A stationary front is a pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other
What is a occluded front and a stationary front
500
when to much wind and snow come down from clouds
What is a snowstorm
500
a cloud produces thunderstorms
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
500
ice particles smaller than 5 mm in diameter
What is sleet
500
the temperature at which condensation begins
What is dew point
500
cyclone-a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression anticyclone- a weather system with high atmospheric pressure at its center, around which air slowly circulates in a clockwise (northern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (southern hemisphere) direction. Anticyclones are associated with calm, fine weather
What is a cyclone and a anticyclone
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