Which air mass brings bitterly cold and dry air?
Arctic
What tool measures temperature?
Thermometer
On a weather map what does an H stand for?
High Pressure System
Precipitation is apart of what constant process?
Water cycle
Clearer skies is a characteristic of what?
High pressure system
What is created when air moves from high pressure to low pressure areas?
Wind
Air pressure is measured by what tool?
Barometer
Generally, which direction does weather travel?
West to East
What is the highest and coldest cloud in the atmosphere?
Cirrus
What is the most destructive severe storm?
hurricane
Describe a maritime polar air mass?
Cold and humid
Wind direction is found by using what tool?
wind vane
Lines of equal barometric pressure are called what?
isobars
What is the difference between transpiration and evaporation?
Evaporation: from a liquid
Transpiration: From plants/land
Draw a picture of a stationary front
Cold air and warm air should should stall when meeting one another
What type of air mass is most likely to form in Miami, FL?
Maritime Tropical
What is this called?
Station Model
Current: Moderate Rain
Future: Cooler temperatures
What affects the state of matter that precipitation forms and falls as?
Temperature
If a severe storm is currently taking place the US National Weather Service issues what?
Warning
Weather patterns are driven by the movement of what?
Air masses
What tool is used to measure humidity?
Psychrometer
Where is the center of the low pressure system?
What are the low, broad, gray clouds called?
stratus
Why does Tornado Alley form more tornadoes than anywhere else in the US
Warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico collides with cold northern air in this region