The sea level rises and I come crashing ashore bringing destruction and flooding of low lying areas.
What is storm surge?
100
This gas is 21% of the atmosphere
What is oxygen
100
This front brings light showers for long periods of time
What is warm front
100
This storm is associated with hail, lightening, and strong wind
What is Thunderstorm
100
Particles and cool temperatures will create me.
What is a cloud?
200
My air mass brings cold, wet weather.
What is Maritime Polar?
200
I form close to the ground and make driving hazardous.
What is fog?
200
This front can bring cloudy skies for several days
What is stationary front
200
This storm is associated with heavy snow and cold temperatures
What is winter storm/blizzard
200
This cloud type brings rain
What is nimbus
300
Rapid heating of air which expands and explodes.
What is thunder?
300
Air pressure ____________ as altitude increases (farther up you go in the atmosphere)
What is decreases
300
This front is when warm air gets trapped in two cold air masses
What is occluded front
300
This type of storm is measured with the Fujita Scale
What is tornado
300
This forms when two different air masses meet.
What is a front?
400
My lines produce numerous tornadoes.
What is a squall line?
400
I push air across the U.S. Airplanes fly faster when they go west to east.
What is Jet Stream?
400
What type of front brings heavy thunderstorms for a short period of time?
What is Cold front
400
This storm has an eye an eye wall.
What is hurricane
400
I am calm and can be found in the middle of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
500
Spark or discharge that goes from cloud to cloud or cloud to ground.
What is lightning?
500
Measure of the moisture in the atmosphere.
What is humidity?
500
An area received light snow showers for several hours. After the snow stopped, it melted rather quickly. What type of front do you predict passed through?
What is Warm Front
500
Spawned from warm, continental air. Get out of the way. I am short lived but strong. Part of the US has my name.