Air Masses/Fronts
On a weather map, an airmass that is very warm and dry would be labeled this
What is cT (continental tropical)
104 degrees F in C
What is 40 Degrees C?
As the amount of water vapor in a given volume of air increases, the rate of evaporation from a moist object will do this
What is decreases?
This weather event is associated with the highest wind speeds
What is a tornado
The unit used for wind speed on a station model
What is Knots?
The type of weather associated with a high pressure system
What is pleasant weather?
The layer of Earth where weather takes place
What is the troposphere?
As temperature rises, relative humidity does this.
What is the decreases?
This is where hurricanes form
Where is off the west coast of Africa?
The location of the dew point on a station model
Where is the bottom left?
The type of weather associated with a low pressure system
The temperature of air gets this as it is forced upwards by a front or a mountain
What is cooler?
The relative humidity when the dry bulb temperature is 20 degrees C and the wet bulb temperature is 16 degrees C
What is 66%?
Cyclonic flow is caused by this
What is the coriolis effect?
The information conveyed by a station model that is completely colored in
What is 100% cloud cover?
On a weather map, this is associated with a line with triangles on it
What is a cold front?
Warm air can hold this
What is more water?
The process that leads to cloud formation
What is condensation?
The name of a hurricane in the western pacific ocean
What is a typhoon?
Wind direction is named by
What is the direction it is coming from?
This is the direction of air near a low pressure system
What is into and counterclockwise
What is a land breeze?
The time when relative humidity is usually the lowest
what is afternoon?
This is the reason that hurricanes cause more damage than tornadoes.
What is storm surge?(they are larger is also acceptable)
The pressure at a location where the station model shows the number 128 on the top right
What is 1012.8mb?