Giant tropical storms that form over warm ocean waters that produce heavy rainfall and super strong wings.
What are hurricanes?
Flat clouds that look like a blanket and often cause cloudy weather.
What are stratus clouds?
I measure the direction of wind.
What is a wind vane?
When we have ____________ pressure we can expect stormy weather.
What is low Pressure
Wind is named based on this.
What is were it comes from?
A violent rotating column of air that can destroy buildings.
What is a tornado?
Thin wispy clouds that often bring sunny weather.
What are cirrus clouds?
Used to measure the air pressure around us.
What is a barometer?
Area of the earth that has cold temperatures year round.
What is polar zone?
Boundary where two air masses meet.
What is a Front?
period of time with very little rain.
What is a drought?
Large dark clouds that often bring stormy weather.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
Daily Double
Tool used to measure humidity.
Hygrometer
Psychrometer
What is humid and warm?
The type of weather we have at every front.
What is Rain?
A storm with thunder and lightning that usually produces gusty winds and are produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
What are thunderstorms?
Fluffy white clouds that look like pillows and bring sunny weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
Used to measure the speed of wind.
What is an anemometer?
lines on a weather map that connect points of equal pressure
What is a Isobar
The simple on weather map that shows a cold front.
What is blue line with triangles?
Lots of heavy rain or an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry.
What are floods?
Daily Double
In order to have cloud formation the air needs to have water in it.
the two ways we can measure moisture in the are are...
Relative Humidity: How much water is in the air compared to the total amount it can hold.
Absolute Humidity: Simply how much water is in the air.
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it.
What is a rain gauge?
A cP air mass will have these characteristics
what is dry and cool
Type of front were a cold air mass chases down a warm air mass.
What is Occluded Front?