fronts
clouds
precipitation
fog
fronts
100
Forms when a warm air mass pushes into a cooler air mass. It moves more slowly and is less dense air
warm fronts
100
most common high level clouds
cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus
100
lack of precipitation that affects an area's crops
agricultural drought
100
process in which rain forms from melted snowflakes
Bergeron-Findeisen process
100
boundary between two air masses of temperatures
front
200
It happens when two fronts meet from opposite directions, but neither is strong enough to displace the other. Winds blowing parallel to the front also help to not move
Stationary front
200
Billowy, low-level clouds with flat bases
cumulus
200
water vapor whose temperature has dropped below the freezing point
supercooled temperatures
200
Which areas need large clouds droplets to stick together and grow larger in order to get rain
tropical areas
200
the four weather fronts
warm front, cold front, stationary front and occluded front
300
fronts typically extend south and west of the center of a low-pressure belt lowering temperatures
Cold front
300
mid-level clouds that cover the sky and produce steady rain
nimbostratus
300
liquid precipitation that freezes when it hits the ground
freezing rain
300
three major factors that cause weather
Heat energy, uneven distribution of heat energy, and water vapor in the atmosphere
300
What does the occluded that is forming indicate
a frontal cyclone is ending
400
Occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front, forcing the warm air to rise off the ground, is usually followed by harsher weather
Occluded front
400
least common type of high-level cloud
cirrocumulus
400
drought that restricts on often you can water your lawn
socioeconomic drought
400
where does a frontal cyclone draw energy
warm air mass
400
process that is responsible for cloud formation
adiabatic cooling
500
The four weather fronts
warm front, cold front, stationary front, Occluded front
500
What type of cloud will form due to the differences in albedo
stratocumulus
500
process of warm air up near the Earth's surface and rises forming clouds. This formation will be hindered by cold air
convection
500
type of air mass that is cold and dry
continental polar
500
correlation between increasing water vapor in the air and effects on density
water molecules are larger than air which decreases density