Regional Climate
This term describes the average weather conditions of an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
These scientists collect and analyze weather data to make forecasts.
Who are meteorologists?
This type of heat transfer occurs when warm air rises and cool air sinks, creating circular air movement.
What is convection?
This tool measures the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
An air mass forming over land is classified with this term.
What is continental?
This form of heat transfer from the Sun is responsible for warming Earth’s surface unevenly.
What is radiation?
These instruments are launched twice a day worldwide to measure temperature, humidity, air pressure, and wind in the upper atmosphere.
What are weather balloons?
This heat transfer occurs when air touches Earth’s warm surface, such as during the formation of land breezes.
What is conduction?
These three types of satellite images help meteorologists observe temperature differences, cloud cover, and humidity in the atmosphere.
What are infrared, visible light, and water vapor images?
An air mass that forms near the equator is described as this.
What is tropical?
As latitude increases, this happens to the average temperature.
What is it decreases?
This type of satellite image shows where the atmosphere contains high or low levels of water vapor.
What are water vapor images?
Warm air at the equator rises and moves toward the poles because Earth’s surface is heated this way.
What is uneven heating by radiation?
Launched twice daily worldwide, these devices collect upper‑atmosphere temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind data.
What are weather balloons?
Cold air masses have this type of air pressure because their molecules are packed closely together.
What is high pressure?
Mountains can create this dry region on one side when air rises, cools, rains, and then descends without moisture.
What is a rain shadow?
A cold front brings this kind of weather because it pushes warm, moist air upward.
What are storms or thunderstorms?
These large-scale patterns move air masses around the globe and influence regional climates.
What are global wind patterns?
This technology shows the location, type, and intensity of precipitation—and can predict severe weather potential.
What is Doppler radar?
This front occurs when a cold air mass wedges under a warm air mass, creating narrow bands of showers or thunderstorms.
What is a cold front?
These large bodies of water can moderate a region’s climate and even create lake‑effect snow
What are the Great Lakes?
This is the term for the boundary where two air masses meet.
What is a front?
Air moving from high pressure to low pressure creates this atmospheric condition.
What is wind?
Weather maps plot temperature, wind, pressure, and precipitation to track these large systems.
What are fronts or weather systems?
After this type of front passes, conditions are typically warmer and more humid.
What is a warm front?