Weather 1
The area at which two air masses meet is known as this.
What is a front?
This type of climate is characterized by temperatures with little daily/seasonal change due to the ability of water to store lots of energy.
What is a maritime climate?
These arise in tropical latitudes when large humid air masses become especially warm and cause tropical depressions and later large numbers of thunderstorms.
What are hurricanes?
These form at the polar front when the temperature difference between two air masses is large and are blowing past each other in opposite directions.
What are mid-latitude cyclones?
Summer high pressure cells sitting over a region with no movement is the likely cause of this.
What is a heat wave?
This type of climate characterized by temperatures with large day/night temperatures due to land’s low ability to store energy.
What is a continental climate?
The atmosphere at a specific time and place is this.
What is weather?
Lines of equal average air pressure are known as this.
What are isobars?
A change in barometric pressure indicates this.
What is a change in weather?
This is the percentage of water vapor a certain volume of air is holding relative to the maximum amount it can contain.
What is relative humidity?
In weather forecasts, low pressure air describes this.
What is precipitation-prone weather that is resulting by warm air mass being forced up by a cold air mass?
Lines of constant wind speed are known as this.
What are isotachs?
The long-term average of weather in a particular spot is known as this.
What is climate?
Lines of equal temperature are known as this.
What are isotherms?
These are the fierce products of severe thunderstorms.
What are tornadoes?
This is the most important fact on climate of an area.
What is latitude?
This is when a region get significantly less precipitation than normal for an extended period of time.
What is a drought?
If air pressure rises, a high pressure cell is on the way and this can be expected.
What are clear skies?
In weather forecasts, high pressure air describes this.
What is nice weather due to hot air cooling and sinking to Earth?
If pressure falls, a low pressure cell is coming and this can be expected.
What are will likely storm clouds?
These form when ground temperatures are high, ordinarily in the late afternoon or early evening in the spring and summer.
What is a thunderstorm?
This is used to measure air pressure.
What are barometers?
This is formed when the jet stream brings polar air masses south during the winter to interact with warmer semi-tropical air masses to form mid-latitude cyclones.
What are blizzards?
Hurricanes die out when they do this.
What is end up cooler water or land?
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with water is called this.
What is dew point?