Air Masses
Air masses responsible for warm, humid summers in Florida
What are Maritime Tropical (Atlantic)?
An instrument used to determine wind direction
What is a wind vane?
The type of cloud that can produce a tornado
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
A front drawn with blue triangles
What is a cold front?
A forecast that will show 48 hours of weather
What is a daily forecast?
Air masses that carry cool, dry air
What are Continental Polar?
Instrument which measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
The scale used to measure intensity of tornadoes
Lines that connect points of equal temperature on a weather map
What are isotherms?
The world's windiest place
What is Mount Washington, NH?
Large body of air throughout with temp & moisture are similar
What is an air mass?
Instrument used to determine wind speed
What is an anemometer?
The conditions needed for a hurricane to form
What are warm waters and warm, moist air?
A front drawn with alternating triangles and semicircles facing in one direction
What is an occluded front?
Direction winds spiral in the N. Hemisphere
What is counterclockwise?
Air masses that carry cool, moist air across the Pacific Coast
What are Maritime Polar?
This acronym stands for Radio Detection and Ranging
What is RADAR?
Condition issued when severe weather has been spotted in a given area
What is a warning?
Symbols that represent weather data at a given weather station
What are station models?
States found in tornado alley
What are TX, OK, and KS?
The 4 main types of air masses experienced in the U.S.
What are Maritime Polar, Maritime Tropical, Continental Polar & Continental Tropical?
An instrument package used to measure humidity, air pressure, and temp
What is a radiosonde?
What year did the second most deadly storm hit Palm Beach?
1928
This is represented by the letter L on a weather map
What is low pressure?
What is the Bermuda High?