Cloudy with a chance of...
These clouds are thin and are the highest up in the troposphere
What are Cirrus clouds?
This is used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer?
Tropical storms usually from with what kind of pressure system? High or low?
What is a low pressure system?
Atmospheric conditions at a certain at a certain time.
What is weather?
T/F high-pressure systems usually have cool, dense air and bring rain
False...They bring clear skies and fair weather
These clouds are known as thunderclouds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
This is used to measure air pressure
These are needed for hurricanes to form.
What is warm water, moisture/humidity, wind?
Large bodies of air that that have uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure
What is an air mass?
These can be started from lightning and dry conditions
What are wildfires?
These clouds are the ones that are closest to the groud. We sometimes see them in the morning
What is fog?
Wind speed is measured with this
What is an anemometer?
What type of storm can become a hurricane?
What is a tropical storm?
This air mass is cold and humid
What is Maritime Polar
Florida has more of these per square mile than any other state
What are tornadoes?
These clouds look like cotton balls
What are cumulus clouds?
A psychometer is used to measure this
What is relative humidity?
This type of severe weather is measure from EF0 t0 EF5
What is a tornado?
A what kind of air does a maritime tropical air mass?
What is hot and humid?
What 2 factors are used to describe climate?
What temperature and precipitation?
Clouds are formed this way
What is condensation?
What do meteorologist use these instruments for?
What is predicting the weather?
People who live on the coast should be especially worried about this during a hurricane
What is storm surge?
Arctic air masses are located mostly where?
What is the Arctic?
What is the climate in Florida?
What is hot and humid?