The highest cloud in the atmosphere. It is made of ice crystals and predicts fair weather.
What is cirrus?
100
the ultimate source of energy for everything on Earth
What is the sun?
100
Most warm and cold air masses that enter North Carolina are moved by global winds. These global winds are responsible for most of the local weather in North Carolina.
What is prevailing westerlies?
100
this meteorologist's tool helps him/her predict severe weather from many miles away
What is a radar?
100
this weather instrument measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
200
This cloud predicts thunderstorms
What is cumulonimbus?
200
This is the daily conditions (temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, cloud cover, and humidity)
What is weather?
200
This mass of approaching cold air predicts storms or severe weather and cooler temperatures
What is a cold front?
200
this swirling column of air is difficult to predict but can cause major damages to buildings and communities.
What is a tornado?
200
This front brings warmer temperatures, cloud cover and steady rain.
What is an warm front?
300
This cloud is a flat, gray blanket and can be located near the ground as fog
What is stratus?
300
This is a scientist that studies the atmosphere, records data from a variety of sources, and makes predictions about upcoming weather events.
What is a meteorologist?
300
the type of pressure system that predicts fair and/or sunny weather
What is high pressure?
300
the calm in the middle of a hurricane
What is the eye?
300
This is the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
400
Water vapor that loses heat energy and form water droplets
What is condensation?
400
the layer of atmosphere where most weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
400
Which weather change is most likely indicated by rapidly falling air pressure?
What is a storm is approaching?
400
hurricanes that form over the Atlantic Ocean begin as a warm air mass over which continent?
What is Africa?
400
This weather instrument measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
500
What do water droplets form around during the condensation process?
What are dust particles?
500
This is the average amount of precipitation and temperatures over 30 years or longer that is mainly influenced by latitude, closeness to water, altitude, and topography.
What is climate?
500
What would most likely characterize the properties of an air mass which formed over the Gulf of Mexico?
What is warm and moist?
500
A hurricane named Lenny would be the _______ hurricane of the year.
What is the 12th?
500
This is a warm current of water that runs along the southeastern coast and brings milder temperatures to adjacent coastal towns.