A storm that produces lightning.
Thunderstorm
The average weather pattern of a region.
Climate
This front often brings brief, heavy storms.
Cold Front
The circles in the diagram indicate places of equal air pressure. What are they called?
Isobars
A great rise of the sea along a shore.
Storm Surge
A boundary between air masses with different temperatures.
Front
This Front often brings light, steady rain or snow.
Warm Front
How will the weather east of the cold front change in the next few days?
The weather will become cooler East of the cold front because a cold front is traveling towards it.
A large, swirling storm with very low pressure at the center.
Hurricane
The ability of the atmosphere to let in sunlight but to not let heat escape.
Greenhouse Effect
This front occurs when a cold front and a warm front meet.
Occluded Front
Name one city that is having cool, rainy weather.
Detroit, New York, and Richmond have cool rainy weather.
What causes the wind of a hurricane to move a certain direction.
Coriolis Effect
A boundary where warm air moves in over a cold air mass
Warm Front
This front brings calm weather.
Stationary Front
Name one city that is having warm and dry weather.
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Atlanta, Jacksonville, and Miami.
A violent whirling storm that moves across the ground in a narrow path.
Tornado
An unmoving front where a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet.
Stationary Front
An occlusion front can happen in two ways. A ________-front occlusion, the air behind the front is cold. The air ahead of the warm front is cool.
Cold-Front Occlusion
In what direction is the wind traveling in Bismarck?
The wind is coming from the West and traveling East in Bismarck.
Where do most tornadoes occur?
Midwest and South
When Earth’s amount of energy gained balances the energy lost.
Radiative Balance
An occlusion front can happen in two ways. A ________-front occlusion, the air behind the incoming cold front is just cool, not cold. The air in front of the warm front, however, might be cold.
Warm-Front Occlusion
How can you use weather maps to predict weather?
They show where fronts are located. This helps predict likely weather because areas ahead of fronts are likely to experience weather changes.