Storms
A bolt of energy extending from a cloud.
What is lightning?
A colorful phenomenon that appears after a rain shower.
What is a rainbow?
The weather associated with a high-pressure system.
What is sunny and/or calm?
Frozen balls of precipitation that fall from severe storms.
What is hail?
This happens when too much rain falls too quickly for the ground to absorb.
What is a flash flood (or flood)?
The weather associated with a low-pressure system.
What is cloudy and/or stormy?
When there is a confirmed tornado, this alert is issued.
What is a tornado warning?
There are four of these in a year, each with its own weather.
What is a season?
The force exerted by the weight of the air above you.
What is atmospheric pressure?
The layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
The condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time, not just day to day.
What is climate?
The boundary between two air masses with different temperatures.
What is a front?
The part of a cumulonimbus (storm) cloud that extends above the troposphere.
What is an overshooting top?
The force that causes storms to rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis Force?
A deep surface low is often accompanied by this upper-level feature, located above it in the jet stream.
What is a trough?