Air Mass
A(n) ______ is a section of air that has similar characteristics throughout.
What is air mass?
A(n) ___________________ is the point at which two differing air masses meet, often resulting in precipitation and storms.
What is a front?
A line of thunderstorms is also called a _____________.
What is a squall line?
Name for the study of the processes that govern Earth's atmosphere.
What is meteorology?
The majority of lightning is ___________ to _____________.
What is cloud to cloud?
Air masses have similar _____________ and _______________ throughout.
What is temperature and humidity?
At a _____________ front, a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass, resulting in intense but short-lived thunderstorms.
What is a cold front?
A stage of thunderstorm development is characterized by strong updrafts and cloud formation.
What is a cumulus stage?
___________ is the current condition of the atmosphere at a given time.
What is weather?
Hurricanes form and are strengthened over ____________, ___________ waters.
What is warm and humid?
Warm air masses that form over water are called _____________.
What is maritime tropical (mT)?
At a _____________ front, a warm air mass slowly overtakes a cold air mass, resulting in long durations of drizzly rain.
What is a warm front?
A stage of thunderstorm development is characterized by strong downdrafts and the end of the storm.
What is a dissipation stage?
In the Northern Hemisphere, Hurricanes rotate ________________.
What is counterclockwise?
A _______________ becomes a tornado when it makes contact with the ______________.
What is funnel cloud and ground?
Warm air masses that form over land are called _____.
What is continental tropical (cT)?
At a(n) _____________ front, a warm front is overtaken by a cold front, resulting in a region of large cloud formation and precipitation.
What is an occluded front?
The majority of deaths associated with hurricanes are deadly floods called ____________.
What are storm surges?
Tornadoes are classified by intensity on the ______________________.
What is the fujita scale?
A _______________ becomes a waterspout when it makes contact with ______________.
What is funnel cloud and water?
Cold air masses are called _____________.
What is polar (mP or cP)?
At a _____________ front, a warm air mass and cold air mass remain still beside each other, and can result in flooding if neither displaces the other.
What is a stationary front?
Hurricanes must be moving at least ___________ in order to be classified as a hurricane.
What is 74 mph?
Hurricanes are classified by intensity on the ______________________.
What is the saffir-simpson scale?
Hurricanes are massive ____________________ centers.
What is low pressure?