Weather Tools
This tool measures TEMPERATURE
Thermometer
These types of fronts are drawn using a blue line with blue triangles
Cold Front
Picture #2 shows the symbol for
High Pressure
How many letters are used to name and air mass
2
Which color do we use to symbolize OCCLUDED FRONTS?
Pink or Purple
This tool can tell you how much it has RAINED recently
Rain Gauge
Red
What is the symbol for LOW PRESSURE?
L
The letter C stands for
Continental
In air masses, the letter M stands for
Meritime
To find out WHICH DIRECTION the wind is blowing, we should look at?
A wind vane
Picture number 1 shows a
Stationary Front
Wind blows from ______ pressure to ______ pressure areas. (high to low? or low to high?)
High to Low Pressure
Air masses that are continental are made over land which means they are ____.
DRY
In air masses, T stands for TROPICAL, which tells us that the air is _____.
Hot or Warm
The wind is blowing 5 mph, which tool did we use to measure that?
Anemometer
When a cold front takes over a warm front, the warm air gets pushed to the _______. (top or bottom?)
Top
In a LOW PRESSURE area, we would expect to see what kind of weather?
Stormy weather, clouds, precipitation
An air mass with the name CP, is from a Tropical or Polar region?
POLAR
Which type of front does not move in any direction?
Stationary
755 mmHg is a reading we might find on a ___________. (HINT: pressure)
Barometer
What type of weather do we see along the fronts?
STORMY Weather
In a HIGH PRESSURE area, we would expect to see what kind of weather?
Fair weather, clear, sunny skies
An air mass with the name MP is moist? or dry?
moist
An air mass with the name CP is hot? or Cold?
Cold