weather front that is symbolized by red semicircles
What is a warm front?
100
person who studies weather
What is a meteorologist?
100
stem that means "the same"
What is iso?
200
the temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms
What is dew point?
200
puffy, white clouds that often have flat bases
What are cumulus clouds?
200
results from the rapid heating of air around a bolt of lightning
What is thunder?
200
shows weather conditions at a specific location
What is a station model?
200
stem that means "temperature"
What is therm?
300
a measure of the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the amount needed for saturation
What is relative humidity?
300
curly,feathery clouds
What are cirrus clouds?
300
the name of the scale used to measure a tornado's wind speed and damage
What is the Fujita scale?
300
type of front that usually brings precipitation, often for prolonged periods
What is a warm front?
300
stem that means "pressure or weight"
What is bar?
400
The state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place
What is weather?
400
the most damaging form of precipitation
What is hail?
400
the three temperatures of air masses associated with an occluded front
What are cool, cold and warm?
400
direction that most weather fronts move in the U.S.
What is from west to east? OR
What is east?
400
stem used to describe middle elevation clouds
What is alto?
500
a measure of the average amount of motion of molecules
What is temperature?
500
the two ways clouds are categorized
What are shape and height?
500
the four different types of air masses found in North America
What are cool/moist warm/moist hot/dry cold/dry ?
500
four different things found on a station model
What are (any 4): temperature, dew point, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, barometric pressure change,cloud cover, precipitation,types of clouds