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Misc.
Precipitation
Weather Forecasting
Severe Weather
100

Cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, forcing the warm air up quickly causing severe weather.

What is a cold front?

100
Any type of solid or liquid water that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground.
What is precipitation?
100
Scientists who study the atmosphere and the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
100
A funnel-shaped cloud of swirling winds that reach down to the ground.
What is a tornado?
200

Thin, curly-looking clouds that are high in the sky.

What are cirrus clouds?

200
Raindrops that are pushed up over and over again into tall clouds and freeze before falling to the earth form this.
What is hail?
200
An instrument that shows the direction wind is blowing from.
What is a wind vane?
200
This often occurs when a large, warm air mass quickly rises above a cold air mass.
What is a thunderstorm?
300
Large fluffy-looking with flat bottoms.
What are cumulus clouds?
300
Raindrops that freeze on their way to the earth and land as tiny ice pellets form this.
What is sleet?
300
Instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
A storm with spiraling winds that form over the ocean.
What is a hurricane.
400

A warm air mass approaches and slowly rises/slides over a cold air mass causing steady rain and warmer temperatures

What is a warm front?

400
Water droplets in the clouds that join together to make larger drops form this.
What is rain?
400
Instrument used to measure the speed of wind.
What is an anemometer?
400
Issued by the National Weather Service, it means that the conditions are right for a type of severe weather.
What is a weather watch?
500
Prefix that means the clouds are in the middle altitude.
What is alto?
500
Ice crystals in the clouds that join together and fall to the earth form this.
What is snow?
500
The condition of the atmosphere at any moment in time.
What is weather?
500
Issued by the National Weather Service, this indicates that severe weather is happening.
What is a weather warning?