Weather Predictions
Winds
Front Facts
Air Masses
Weather Patterns
100
If there is low pressure in an area what will the weather be like
Cloudy, warmer air, stormy
100
Why does Bridgeport, Ct receive less snow than than Easton?
It is near Long Island Sound.
Or Has more buildings
100
This means thunderstorms followed by cold air
What is a cold front?
100
An large area of the atmosphere that has the same temperature and moisture
Air mass
100
The direction that weather patterns move in the United States?
What is west to east
200
If there is a high pressure system coming into the area, what weather would you experience?
Clear skies
200
Which of the following actions causes wind?
a. rotation of Earth on its axis
b. movement of air from water to land
c. uneven heating and cooling of Earth's surface
d. air passing Earth as it revolves around the Sun
C
200
This occurs when two different air masses meet
What is a front?
200
This is a dry and cold air mass
Continental Polar
200
If you lived in the Southern Hemisphere, what season would you likely experience in August?
Winter
300
This is the daily state of the atmosphere
What is weather?
300
Winds always move from .............Pressure to ........pressure
High to low
300
This occurs when a cold front and an warm front meet and neither one moves
What is a Stationary front?
300
This air mass can be found over the Bahamas
What is Maritime Tropical?
300
This occurs whencold air goes over warm water especially at the Great Lakes.
What is Lake Effect Snow?
400
Name three different symbols on a weather map and what they mean
Various answers
400
What are these fast moving, high level winds called?
Jet stream
400
The type of front that forms when three air masses of different temperatures meet (two cold and one warm)
What is an occluded front
400
This air mass is over Mexico
What is Continental Tropical??
400
These (2 answers) caused the poles to be cold and the equator to be hot
What are direct and indirect rays of the sun?
500
What tool do meteorologists use to measure air pressure?
What is a Barometer?
500
These are responsible for the weather moving across the United States
What are the prevailing Westerlies?
500
Why do warm fronts go up and and cold fronts go under?
What is warm air rises and cold air sinks?
500
This type of air mass can be found over Seattle, Washington?
What is a Maritime polar air mass?
500
Describe why the winds at the beach change direction from day to night.
Because the temperature over land and water change, causing the wind to change direction.