Air Masses
Fronts
Isobars and Isotherms
Weather Instruments
Station Models
100
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity and pressure at any given height.
What is an air mass?
100
This forms when cold air moves under warm air which is less dense and pushes air up (produces thunderstorms heavy rain or snow
What is a cold front?
100
A line on a weather map that joins the places that have the same air pressure.
What is an isobar?
100
The instrument used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
This indicates weather conditions at a specific location using symbols on a map.
What is a station model?
200
An air mass that is cold and dry.
What is Continental polar. cP?
200
a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather
What is a warm front?
200
This is an __________.
What are isobars?
200
The weather instrument used to measure the speed of the wind.
What is an anemometer?
200
This pressure system generally brings calm air, clear skies and gentle breezes. It rotates clockwise.
What is a high pressure system?
300
An air mass that is wet and cold.
What is maritime polar? mP
300
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and no movement occurs
What is a stationary front?
300
A line drawn on a weather map that connects points having equal temperature.
What are isotherms?
300
The instrument used to measure wind direction.
A wind vane.
300
A weather system that generally brings cloudiness and stormy weather. It rotates counter clockwise.
What is a low pressure system?
400
An air mass that is dry and warm.
What is continental tropical? cT
400
a front where a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses and brings cool temperatures and large amounts of rain and snow
What is an occluded front?
400
This map shows....
What are isotherms?
400
The instrument used to measure pressure.
Barometer
400
What is a station Model?
500
Canada's Air Mass
What is continental Polar? cP
500
This has a red semi circle on one side and a blue arrow on the other. It appears on a weather map.
What is the symbol for a stationary front?
500
The temperature in SC is.....
What is 80 degrees?
500
The instrument used to measure the amount of humidity or moisture in the air.
Sling psychrometer.
500
How would you describe the weather using the station model?
Warm, cloudy, windy and rainy.