Air masses
Type of air mass that forms over land and cold
What is a continental polar (cP)?
The type of cloud made out of ice crystals
What is cirrus?
The symbol for a high pressure system
What is a blue capital H?
Tool used to measure the temperature of the air
What is a thermometer?
These are the four types of precipitation
What is snow, rain, hail, and sleet?
An air mass
What is large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity?
Lowest type of stratus cloud
What is fog?
A red capital L
What is the symbol for a low pressure system?
Used to measure atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
Low pressure days bring this kind of weather
What is lousy, rainy weather
The kind of conditions you would find in a maritime polar air mass
What is moist and cool/cold?
What air must cool to in order for clouds to form
What is it's dew point?
The weather forecast shows that there will be high pressure today, what kind of weather will it be?
What is happy weather that is sunny and dry
Tool used to measure the direction of the wind
What is a wind sock or a wind vane?
This is the name of the person who studies weather
What is a meteorologist?
The 2 terms we use to describe whether the air mass is over land or water
What is continental and maritime?
Clouds form when water vapor does this
What is condense onto particles into water droplets?
What high pressure and low pressure systems always trying to do
What is balance out?
The metric unit for measuring temperature
What is degrees celciuis?
How does a high pressure system rotate in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is clockwise
The air mass called that forms over high-latitude snow-covered land, such as the Arctic Basin, Greenland, and northern Canada
What is continental artic?
The type of cloud that usually produces hail and storms
What is cumulonimbus?
How strong winds are indicated on a map
What is close isobars?
The units used to measure a barometric reading of 30.06.
What is inches of mercury?
A low pressure system rotates how in the Northern Hemisphere
What is counterclockwise