CLOUDS
HUMIDITY
AIR MASSES
FRONTS
THIS AND THAT
100
mare's tails
What are cirrus clouds?
100
Instrument used to measure humidity.
What is a sling psychrometer?
100
The word that means the air mass formed over LAND.
What is CONTINENTAL?
100
Big Blast---Past Fast!
What is cold front weather?
100
Forms when Snow passes through WARM air before it hits the ground.
What is RAIN?
200
Low level - heavy rain cloud
What are nimbostratus clouds?
200
This "temperature" is always higher than the wet bulb.
What is the dry-bulb temperature?
200
The word that would describe a WET air mass.
What is MARITIME?
200
Warm air is cut off from the ground in this front.
What is an OCCLUDED FRONT?
200
Humidity will increase after the passage of this front.
What is WARM FRONT?
300
Low level - puffy clouds
What are stratocumulus clouds?
300
Forms when air near surface cools to dew point that is BELOW FREEZING.
What is frost?
300
The two air masses that affect Minnesota's weather
What is cP and mT?
300
Weather will remain unchanged with possible rain.
What is STATIONARY FRONT WEATHER?
300
This forms when water gets "super cooled" and freezes on contact when it hits the ground.
What is FREEZING RAIN?
400
puff-puff-puff-puff -- middle level clouds
What are altocumulus clouds
400
The temperature at which condensation takes place.
What is dew point?
400
The word that would describe a COLD air mass
What is polar?
400
Rain-Rain-Rain....Bim-Bam-Boom!
What is OCCLUDED FRONT WEATHER?
400
This phenomena could form when a very warm and humid air mass meets a very cold and dry air mass.
What is a TORNADO?
500
Puffy -- heavy rain cloud
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
500
The amount of water vapor air IS HOLDING at a certain temperature compared to the amount of water vapor IT CAN hold at the same temperature.
What is relative humidity?
500
The air mass that forms in the southwest part of the United States.
What is cT?
500
The wind will switch to the NORTH after the passage of this front.
What is a COLD FRONT?
500
These are straight line winds that blew Mrs. Peterson's house apart in 1998.
What is a DERECHO?
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