Air Mass
A body of air is called this.
What is an air mass?
You are looking at a map and you see the symbol mP. This air mass is present at that location.
What is maritime polar?
A front is a _________ between two air masses.
What is a boundary?
This weather instrument measure the temperature.
What is Thermometer
Person who predicts weather using data and forecasts.
What is a meterologist.
This air mass forms over warm water.
What is maritime tropical air mass?
This air mass can bring cold dry air.
What is continental polar air mass?
This front is represented by blue triangles on a weather map.
What is a cold front?
This weather instrument measure wind direction.
What is Wind Vane
High pressure
This air mass froms over land that is cold.
What is continental polar air mass?
The type of front formed when a large mass of warm air takes over the cooler air mass. Usually produce rain, fog, or snow that lis light but steady.
What is a warm front?
Marked on a weather map as a red line with half circles on it.
What is a warm front?
What weather instrument measure wind speed?
Anemometer
This type of pressure system brings rain and clouds.
What is low pressure.
This air mass can bring hot, dry weather in the summer.
What is continental tropical air mass?
Marked on a weather map as a blue line with blue triangles on one side and red half circles on the other side.
What is a stationary front?
This front is when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass and neither one move.
What is a stationary front?
This weather instrument measure air pressure
What is barometer
What is a station model
This air mass can bring bitter cold, dry weather in the winter.
What is arctic air mass?
The type of front that develops when two cool air masses merge, forcing the warm air to rise and become trapped. Usually brings strong wind and heavy preciptiation.
What is an occluded front?
This front is represented by purple triangles and circles all going the same direction.
What is an occluded front?
This weather instrument measure the amount of precipitation that falls.
What is a rain gauge.
This is the primary source of all of the Earth's energy.
What is the sun.