Clouds
What are clouds made of?
What is water and dust particles
Humidity is the amount of this in the air?
What is water or moisture
The symbol for a cold front is a curved line with this shape on it
What is triangle
Build up to a hurricane; wind speeds have reached 39mph
What is tropical storm
In which direction do weather patterns move in the United States?
What is west to east
Clouds that can lead to thunderstorms and are low (less than 6,500ft)
What are cumulus
Precipitation that doesn't depend on something to stick to; it's all about the temperature
What is freezing rain
A curved red line with semi circles on it is the symbol for a ?
What is warm front
What are dust storms
Red skies at night signal good weather due to
What is clear air moving towards us and clouds moving away
What type of high cloud is wispy and feathery; sometimes called "mares' tails"
What is cirrus
Lightning capital of USA
What isFlorida
The weather forecast indicates that a warm front will be moving into the area in the next 24 hours. Which type of weather will most likely result?
What is cloudy skies and rainy weather
Results in flooding and property damage on land as an effect of hurricanes
What are storm surges
A normal sky at night is bland looking due to
What are clouds blocking the sunlight
what type of low cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky?
What is Stratus
Warm ground temperature, water vapors in the air and strong wind the recipe for
What is thunderstorms
As a result of a cold front, this kind of weather will be sure to follow
What is heavy rains or violent thunderstorms
Warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico interacts with air moving from the west in the USA to create a destructive vertical rotation
What is a tornado
Winds blow in a clockwise fashion north of the equator; wind blows away from this pressure system
What is High
Signs of rain, hail, or tornadoes heading our way
What are cumulonimbus clouds
Snowflakes fusing together
What is a sintering
warm air mass meets and rises above cold air masses during this kind of front;cirrus clouds above and stratus clouds below
What is a warm front
What is the stratosphere
Pockets of warm rising air
What are thermals