Fronts
Cold fronts are labeled with what colors and symbols?
blue line with blue triangles
If the air is dry, (scattered cloud) followed by "warm" weather....
Warm Front
Identify the front:
Cold and warm air meets meet, but neither can move the other
Stationary Front
Wind moves from areas of ...
(a) low to high
(b) high to low
(b) high to low
movement in a definite direction in a body of water or air
currents
Warm Fronts fronts are labeled with what colors and symbols?
labeled with red lines with semi-circles
Brings clouds, rain, snow and thunderstorms ..and then weather clears quickly!
Cold Front
Isobars are
labeled as curved lines on a map that shows areas of equal air pressure
High pressure systems create bad weather.
True or False
False
a large section of air with similar humidity and temperature
air mass
Stationary fronts are labeled with what colors and symbols?
red and blue line and alternating semi-circles and triangles
Brings Rain and snow...After it passes, cool, and clear weather.
Occluded Front
Higher pressure air: when the air above a place is
___?____ than the surrounding air..
(a) denser
(b) less dense
(c) as dense
denser
Areas where isobars are farther away have __?__ wind speeds
(a) greater
(b) less
(b) less
a prediction of the weather
forecast
If the air is humid, this will bring rain and snow (long and continuous)....
warm front
brings rain, snow, fog, and clouds
Stationary front
a way of describing relative changes in the density of air
air pressure
device that can detect very small changes in the density of air
tool that measures air pressure
Barometer
the difference between weather and climate is
measure of time
Occluded fronts are labeled with what colors and symbols?
labeled with a purple line with purple alternating semi-circles and triangles
Fronts are
(a) the boundary where air masses meet
(b) strong bands of winds in the upper atmosphere
(c) major wind belt in the U.S. that pushes air from the west to the east.
the boundary where air masses meet
Prevailing Westerlies
(a) the boundary where air masses meet
(b) strong bands of winds in the upper atmosphere
(c) major wind belt in the U.S. that pushes air from the west to the east.
(c) major wind belt in the U.S. that pushes air from the west to the east.
the circular movement of fluid
convection
the boundary between the warm air and the cold air
front