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Station Models
Satellites and Radar
Severe Weather Safety
Thunderstorms
Weather Patterns
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The number on the upper left of the station model
What is temperature?
100
The type of satellite imagery that is highly detailed during the day, but not useful at night
What is visible satellite?
100
The safest place to be during a tornadic storm
What is an underground shelter, basement or safe room?
100
A thunderstorm is called this when it produces hail at least one inch in diameter, winds of 58 mph or stronger, or a tornado
What is severe?
100
A front where cold air displaces warm air
What is a cold front
200
Represented by a completely filled in circle
What are overcast skies?
200
A radar uses this kind of waves to detect rain, hail, and other objects in the air
What are radio waves?
200
When one of these is issued, you should pay close attention to the weather and be ready to take shelter if needed
What is a watch?
200
The name of the cloud type associated with the thunderstorm
What is cumulonimbus?
200
The type of pressure system associated with clear skies and calm weather
What is high pressure?
300
The number on the lower left of the station model
What is dewpoint?
300
The type of satellite imagery that is useful during both the day and night
What is IR/infrared?
300
The proper course of action when you come across a flooded roadway
What is turning around and not crossing it?
300
The ingredients required for a severe thunderstorm include lift, shear, unstable air, and this
What is moisture?
300
If the pressure reading of your barometer is falling significantly, you can predict that this kind of weather is coming
What is rain/snow/storms?
400
Indicated by three dots
What is (moderate) rain?
400
A thunderstorm with strong rotation typically produces this as shown on a radar (reflectivity) image
What is a hook echo?
400
When one of these issued, a severe storm is imminent, and you should seek shelter immediately
What is a warning?
400
These are the three stages of the thunderstorm life cycle
What are the towering cumulus, mature, and dissipating stages?
400
Low pressure systems spin this way in the northern hemisphere, as do high pressure systems in the southern hemisphere
What is counterclockwise?
500
A pressure reading that is typically represented by 025
What is 1002.5 mb?
500
This radar product is useful in helping to determine the winds and rotation of a storm
What is velocity?
500
An example of a safe place outside when there is lightning present
What is nowhere?
500
The storm-scale rotating column of air in a supercell thunderstorm that can contribute to the formation of a tornado
What is a mesocyclone?
500
The type of front that forms when a cold front overtakes a warm front
What is an occluded front?