Super Storms
The center, calm portion of a hurricane
What is the eye?
This device is used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
The number of layers in the atmosphere
What is five?
Wind is caused by a change in this
What is pressure?
The transfer of electricity generated by rapid rushes of air in a cumulonimbus cloud
What is lightning?
This type of thunderstorm typically produces tornadoes
What is a supercell?
Meteorologist use this device to measure data from the upper atmosphere
What is a radiosonde?
The most prevalent gas in Earth's atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
This air mass has cold and dry characteristics
What is continental polar?
A type of precipitation that freezes on contact with any surface
What is freezing rain?
The heat index depends on temperature and this
What is humidity?
A type if weather forecast that looks at past weather data
What is analog forecast?
The aurora borealis occurs in this atmospheric layer?
What is the thermosphere?
This narrow band of fast-moving wind is found in upper-level air
What is the jet stream?
The short-term variations in atmospheric conditions
What is weather?
This type of thunderstorm results from orographic lifting
What is mountain thunderstorm?
A record of weather data for a particular site at a particular time
What is a station model?
Energy from the sun is transported to Earth via this method
What is radiation?
Winds around this weather system converge
What is a low pressure system?
The process of cloud droplets combining to form larger droplets
What is coalescence?
The biggest danger associated with a hurricane
What is storm surge?
The most accurate type of weather forecast
What is short-term digital?
The protective ozone layer can be found in this layer
What is the stratosphere?
This weather front occurs when cold air quickly overtakes warm air
What is occluded front?
The thermal energy stored in water vapor
What is latent heat?