Weather Patterns
Low air pressure results in this type of weather.
What is cloudy skies, or bad weather?
The long-term weather patterns of a place.
What is climate?
This front can produce heavy downpours, gusty winds, and cooler temperatures
What is a cold front?
Bands of strong wind in the upper levels of the atmosphere that blow from west to east
What is the jet stream?
This instrument measures the air pressure
What is a barometer?
The weight of the atmosphere on Earth's surface.
What is air pressure?
A storm that forms over warm ocean water
What is a hurricane?
This forms when a cold front or warm front stops moving - expect clouds and rain
What is a stationary front?
Strong ocean current that brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean - extends up the eastern coast of the U.S. and Canada
What is the Gulf Stream?
This is a layered low to mid level cloud which may also be able to produce a constant rain pattern.
What is stratus?
A large body of air that has the same temperature and moisture properties throughout.
What is an air mass?
The imaginary line that divides Earth into its northern and southern hemispheres, or halves.
What is the equator?
This is less dense and will produce clouds, storms, and rain along with warmer weather
What is a warm front?
The climate pattern that occurs when sea surface temperatures to the tropical Pacific Ocean rise to above-normal levels for an extended period of time
What is El Nino?
Description of how the winds blow during the day near the ocean
What is a sea breeze (from the water to the land)?
This system brings dry weather and mostly clear skies
What is high pressure?
Air pressure is measured with this instrument.
What is a barometer?
This forms when a cold air mass takes over a warm air mass - the warm becomes separated and is pushed upwards
What is an occluded front?
The climate pattern that occurs when sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean drop to lower than normal levels for an extended period of time
What is La Nina?
The season in the Southern Hemisphere if the season is autumn in the Northern Hemisphere
What is spring?
This shows information about temperature, fronts, precipitation and more.
What is a weather map?
A warm ocean current that causes an increase in temperatures for land that this is adjacent to.
What is the Gulf Stream?
The boundary between two air masses. Where weather happens.
What is a front?
This is responsible for large scale weather patterns - contributes to the circular motion of the wind around pressure systems which move the weather patterns
What is the Coriolis Effect?
White, wispy clouds are present high in the atmosphere. This is the type of weather you would expect for the day
What is dry, fair, pleasant weather?