Weather Vocab
Condition of the earth’s atmosphere at any particular time (this includes temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, and wind speed)
Weather
A warm air mass moves into a region occupied by colder air
Warm Front
A cold air mass movies in on a region of warmer air (and generally cause the most severe weather systems)
Cold Front
An imaginary pole going right through the center of Earth from "top" to "bottom
Axis
This causes weather to move across the United States from west to east
Jet Stream
A steady condition that prevails day in and day out in a particular region
Climate
Occurs when two air masses collide and neither moves
Stationary Front
A boundary between two air masses
Weather front
Certain regions of the earth receive direct sunlight and other regions receive indirect sunlight.
Earth is round
The main reason for the seasons on earth
The tilt of the earth on it's axis
The point at which the earth is the farthest away from the sun (summer solstice)
Aphelion
The point at which the earth is closest to the sun in it’s orbit (winter solstice)
Perihelion
A large body of air with relatively uniform pressure, temperature and humidity (moisture content) of the air is the same
Air Mass
Clouds are important to study because they help us predict this
The weather
Season experienced when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
Summer
When the earth has equal daytime and nighttime
Equinox
Occurs when a cold front catches up to a warm front or a warm front catches up to a cold front.
Occluded Front
Weather factor describes how warm or cold it is
Temperature
Type of air mass forms over land and is associated with cold and dry air?
Continental Polar
Season experienced when the southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
Winter
Occurs during the day. Land is warmed up faster – air rises over land and sinks over cooler water. Wind blows from the water towards the land
Sea Breeze
Occurs at night. Air is warmer over water – it rises and sinks over cooler land. Wind blows from land back towards the water.
Land Breeze
Type of air mass is most often associated with unstable air and stronger weather disturbances?
Maritime Tropical
Recite Psalm 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God,
And the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
This weather event usually occurs with precipitation and/or strong storms, while its counterpart comes with cloudy conditions and some precipitation
Cold front, warm front