Water in the Atmosphere
At this temperature, condensation forms.
What is the dewpoint?
These are intense low pressure centers that form over warm tropical waters.
What are hurricanes?
These are two characteristics that define an air mass.
What are temperature and humidity?
A psychrometer measures this.
What is relative humidity?
A station model reads 73 in the top left corner, indicating this.
What is a temperature of 73 F?
This occurs when condensation in the atmosphere becomes too heavy and falls to the ground.
What is precipitation?
The deadliest component of a hurricane, formed when water is dragged on shore by a hurricane.
What is a storm surge?
This type of air mass would most likely form over the cold oceans.
What is maritime polar (mP)?
What is the wet-bulb depression?
A station model has 2 long feathers and 1 short feather, indicating this.
What is a wind speed of 25 knots?
A whirling column of air that forms most often on Spring and Summer afternoons.
What is a tornado?
This front, typically represented on a map as a red line with half circles, typically brings extended durations of rain showers.
What is a warm front?
If the dry bulb temperature is 28 C and the wet bulb depression is 6, this is the wet bulb temperature.
What is 22 C?
As the temperature of the air increases, the maximum capacity of water in the air does this.
What is increases?
A balloon-supported observatory that transmits meteorological data from high altitudes.
What is a radiosonde.
This type of front is associated with brief, but intense storms.
What is a cold front?
As the humidity of a room increases, the difference between the wet and dry bulb temperatures does this.
What is decreases?
A station model reads 036 in the top right, indicating this.
What is a pressure of 1003.6 mbs?
When at the dewpoint, specific humidity is this.
What is equal to maximum capacity?
Hurricanes are rated on this scale based on wind speed and damage.
What is the Saffir-Simpson scale?
This front forms when a warm front is overtaken by a cold front, forcing the warm air mass up above both cold air masses.
What is an occluded front?
As the temperature of a room decreases, its relative humidity does this.
What is increases?
A station model records 1 directly to the left and 23 directly to the right, indicating the pressure changed by this many millibars.
What is 2.3 mbs?