Fronts
This is the definition of a front.
What is a section or pocket of air with a uniform temperature and humidity.
Storms occur over this type of pressure system.
What is low?
This level of humidity is required for a blizzard to form.
What is high humidity?
This cell of the planetary wind belt exists between 30 degreed latitude and 0 degrees.
What is a Hadley Cell?
This front type is associated with an air mass that is measured at 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is a cold front?
This air mass type is dry and warm.
What is continental tropical?
Clear skies usually occur over this pressure system.
What is high pressure system?
This type of pressure system is required for a blizzard to form.
This is the name of the "zone" where the northeast trade winds and the southeast trade winds meet.
What is the intertropical convergence zone?
This front type is associated with an air mass that originated around the equator.
What is a warm front?
This letter in the two letter code for an airmass should be capitalized.
What is the second letter?
This is the direction of rotation around a low pressure system.
What is counter clockwise?
What is maritime polar and maritime arctic?
The polar jet stream is between these two labeled latitudes.
What is 30 and 60 degrees?
This front types symbol is a combination of two other front types.
What is an occluded front?
This air mass type is dry and freezing.
What is continental arctic?
This pressure system could be characterized by sinking air.
What is a high pressure system?
This temperature is required for precipitation to freeze.(in degrees F)
What is 35 degrees Fahrenheit?
This is the range of latitudes represented in Cross Section Model of Earth’s Lower Atmosphere.
What is 0 degrees to 90 degrees north?
This typically forms where two front types meet.
What is a storm?
This air mass type is humid and very hot.
What is maritime equatorial?
A pressure system with a reading of 980 mb is considered this type of pressure system.
What is a low pressure system?
What is 0 degrees Celsius?
Air is either rising or sinking within cells based on their latitude. Air at 30 degrees North is _____________.
What is sinking?