Fronts and Air Masses
Clouds
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This type of front is shown above on weather maps.
What is a warm front?
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Piled up puffy clouds, that usually bring fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
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The condition of the air around us.
What is weather?
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A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
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The amount of air packed into a volume of any one spot.
What is air pressure?
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This air mass is very cold and forms over oceans.
What is a maritime polar air mass?
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A thick blanket of clouds darkening and covering the whole sky. They usually bring rain or snow.
What are stratus clouds?
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The average or typical weather in a particular area.
What is climate?
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A tool used to measure the amount of rain fall.
What is a rain gauge?
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High pressure air rushing toward low pressure air.
What is wind?
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This front forms when a cold air mass runs into a warm air mass, pushing it up and making it rain.
What is a cold front?
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High wispy clouds made of tiny ice particles.
What are cirrus clouds?
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The amount of water vapor in the air, given as a percentage.
What is humidity?
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A tool used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
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Cold heavy air.
What is high pressure air?
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This air mass holds little water vapor and features high temperatures.
What is a continental tropical air mass?
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Through this process, warm air rises and cools, forming a cloud.
What is condensation?
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Above average temperatures in the Pacific Ocean cause heavy storms in the Eastern US.
What is El Niño?
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A tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
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Weather in the United States usually travels from ______ to ______.
What is west to east?
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Which front does not move very much and can bring light rain?
What is a stationary front?
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Thunderstorm clouds, can cause heavy rain, snow, or even hail.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
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The layer of the atmosphere where weather takes place.
What is the troposphere?
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A person that uses weather tools to predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
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A funnel shaped windstrom that emerges from a thunderstorm.
What is a tornado?