Clouds
These clouds produce thunderstorms and rainy weather.
What are cumulonimbus?
This front will bring several days of steady rain.
What is a stationary front?
Name the instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
This is the direction weather systems move in the United States.
What is from West to East?
This is the ocean current that keeps the North Carolina's coastal areas warmer than inland.
What is the Gulf Stream?
These are fair weather clouds. They are high and made of ice crystals.
What are cirrus?
This happens when fronts meet.
What is rain?
The weather that occurs with a falling barometer.
What is stormy weather?
The name of the global winds that blow across the United States.
What are Prevailing Westerlies?
Ocean currents help do this.
What is transfer heat around the globe?
These are tall, anvil shaped clouds. They bring violent weather and severe storms.
What are cumulonimbus?
This is the boundary where two air masses meet.
What is a front?
Weather associated with low pressure.
What is stormy or LOUSY?
The direction winds blow at the ocean during the day.
What is from the ocean toward the land? SEA BREEZES
The process that occurs when sun warms water.
What is evaporation?
These are puffy, fair weather clouds.
What are cumulus?
The instrument is used that BEST predicts weather changes.
What is a barometer?
Weather associated with high pressure.
What is fair, clear skies, or HAPPY?
This is the high narrow bank of fast moving air that affects weather patterns in the United States.
What is the Jet Stream?
Winds from the equator bring warmer air or colder air to an area?
What is warmer air?
These are low layered clouds. They can completely cover the sky.
What are stratus?
The weather that occurs when warm fronts and cold fronts collide.
What is rain or precipitation?
The weather associated with rapidly dropping barometric pressure.
What is rainy and cloudy?
What is from West to East?
Plants return water to the atmosphere through this process.
What is transpiration?