The Atmosphere Around You
The column of air above you that extends all the way into space and exerts a fore on you.
Air pressure
Evaporation
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
Air mass
A scientist who studies and predicts the weather.
Meteorologist
An overflowing of water in a normally dry area.
Flood
The 3rd layer of the atmosphere that protects us from meteors.
Mesosphere
The measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
Humidity
The boundary where air masses meet.
Front
A tool used to measure air pressure.
Barometer
The one main type of precipitation that occurs in the winter in the northern U.S.
Snow
The distance above sea level.
Altitude
A device used to measure relative humidity.
A band of high-speed winds about 6-14 km above Earth's surface.
Jet stream
A type of computer that orbits high above Earth collecting data as well as images of Earth's surface and atmosphere.
Satellite
Signifies that severe weather is approaching and people should take shelter. (More specific than a PSA)
Warning
The two gasses our atmosphere is mostly made up of.
Nitrogen and oxygen
Ice particles smaller than hailstones.
Sleet
The type of front where cold and warm air masses meet, but neither one can move the other.
Stationary front
Moves warm and cold water around the world and affect local weather.
Ocean currents or currents
The level on the Enhanced Fujita scale where a tornado's winds have uprooted trees.
EF2 or F2 or 2
The layer of the atmosphere that contains 80 percent of the atmosphere by weight.
Troposphere
The two things that drive water molecules through the water cycle.
Gravity and the Sun's energy
A cold, dry air mass that forms over land near the top of the northern hemisphere.
Continental polar
The ocean current that influences temperatures on the east coast of North America that comes up from the Florida coast.
Gulf stream
The narrow band or ring of clouds around a hurricane's center where the winds are the strongest.
Eyewall