Clouds and Layers
These make up clouds
What is water vapor and dust particles?
The Earth's rotation makes the wind curve.
What is the Coriolis effect?
The symbol for a cold front is a blue curved line with these shapes on it
What is are triangles?
I measure the speed of wind
What is a anemometer?
Global winds that flow from 90 degrees to 60 degrees, from the east
Polar Easterlies
We live in this atmospheric layer, where weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
If the atmospheric pressure is dropping quickly, you might expect this type of weather soon.
Cloudy, rainy or stormy
A curved red line with semi-circles on it is the symbol this type of weather.
What is a warm front?
I measure the average motion of the particles of the air
What is a thermometer?
An area of very low pressure right at the equator.
What is the doldrums?
These clouds are thin, icy and high up, sometimes look like hair curls, and could indicate a warm front coming.
What are cirrus clouds?
Warm air rises over the land, moves to the ocean/sea, then back to the land again.
What is an ocean/sea breeze?
mT
What is maritime tropical?
Use this to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Global winds that blow from 30 degrees North and South towards the equators, helped sailors and their goods.
What are trade winds?
A type of cloud that appears as a low gray blanket covering the sky.
What is stratus?
Differences in temperature and elevation make this happen for local winds.
What are mountain and valley breezes?
A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
What is an air mass?
I can view and take images of storm systems, clouds, hurricanes, etc. from high above
What are satelittes?
An area of very high pressure, no wind, at 30 degrees North and South
What are the Horse Latitudes?
These clouds form and make big thunderstorms, typical of a cold front.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
During a hurricane, this produces most of the damage and can cause people to drown.
What is a storm surge or flooding?
A pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
What is stationary front?
This person uses tools to predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
What are the Prevailing Westerlies?