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Vocabulary
Fronts
Clouds
Air Masses
Storms
100
This refers to the conditions of the atmosphere at a given time and place.
What is weather
100
This type of air is always forced upwards
What is warmer less dense air?
100
these are the puffy clouds name
What is cumulonimbus cloud
100
This is an immense body of air characterized by similar properties at any given altitude
What is an air mass
100
This is a rotating column of air
What is a Vortex
200
This refers to the conditions of the atmosphere at a given time and place.
What is Humidity
200
This type of front produces light to moderate precipitation for many hours
What is a warm front?
200
these clouds form highest in the atmosphere
What is cirrusr
200
These two properties characterize an air mass
What is Temperature and moisture
200
The first stage of a thunderstorm
What is cumulus stage
300
The temperature at which water vapor condenses
What is Dew point
300
the first sign of an approach warm front
What is a cirrus cloud?
300
clouds with nimbo in the name produce this
What is rain
300
This is how mT air mass is described
What is warm and wet
300
The location were the greatest amount of thunderstorms occur
What is the tropics
400
Clouds that form on the ground
What is fog
400
the type of front forms when the surface position of the front does not move
What is stationary
400
These clouds have layers
What is stratus?
400
This air mass originates in canada
What is a Polar Continental air mass?
400
The time period when tornadoes occur the most
What is April threw June
500
freezes on contact with cold surfaces near the ground
What is freezing rain
500
this is considered to be the boundary between two different air masses
What is a front
500
this is the height that middle range clouds appear
What is 2000 to 6000 meters
500
This air mass is hot and dry
What is cT
500
Hurricanes form in tropical waters between these two latitudes
What is 5 and 20 degrees