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100
Clouds that look like flat blankets and are usually the lowest in the sky.
What are stratus clouds?
100
This occurs when a warm air mass moves over a slower cool air mass.
What is a warm front?
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?
100

When an updraft meets a downdraft this is created?

What is wind.

200
Thin, curly-looking clouds that are high in the sky.
What are cirrus clouds?
200
This occurs when air masses push against each other but do not move.
What is a stationary front?
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?
200

An air current that flows from west to east that can dip and bend responsible for moving air masses

What is the jet stream.

300
Large fluffy-looking with flat bottoms.
What are cumulus clouds?
300
This forms when a cool air mass pushes itself under a weather warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
300
Instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300

A storm with spiraling winds that form over the warm ocean.

What is a hurricane.

300

A high pressure system is moving in.  What type of weather will the area have?

What is dry, clear, sunny weather.

400
Prefix added to a cloud name that means the cloud will produce precipitation?
What is nimbo-?
400

What type of weather is associated with a cold front?

What is a thunderstorm and temperatures drop?

400
Instrument used to measure the speed of wind.
What is an anemometer?
400

A condition that brings snow and heavy winds for several hours.

What is a blizzard.

400

Describe the properties found in an air mass formed over Canada.

What is cool and dry

500

What is the weather associated with stratus clouds?

What is grey, overcast skies

500

This is the type of weather associated with a warm front.

Light, steady rain and then the temperature warms up.

500

What is used to predict the weather in the upcoming days.

What are air masses.

500

Weather pattern that will bring warmer but wetter conditions in NC every few years.

What is El Nino

500
The current in the Atlantic Ocean responsible for keeping the coastal temperatures mild during the winter months.

What is the Gulf Stream.