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Clouds & Precipitation
Air Masses & Fronts
High & Low Pressure
Severe Storms
Potpourri
100
liquid precipitation
What is rain?
100
moist, warm air
What is Maritime Tropical air?
100
curved lines that connect areas of equal air pressure on a weather map
What are isobars?
100
The type of storm that forms when thunderstorm updrafts begin to rotate
What is a tornado?
100
the scientific study of weather
What is meteorology?
200
Cirrus clouds are made of these.
What are ice crystals?
200
dry, cold air
What is Continental Polar air?
200
air rising bringing stormy, "Lahoo-saher" weather
What is low pressure?
200
large low pressure system formed over warm ocean waters
What is a hurricane?
200
the temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms
What is dew point?
300
The cycle of rain freezing, falling into warmer air, adding a layer of rain, rising back into the cloud, freezing again, etc.
What is hail?
300
The fastest moving front which usually brings stormy weather
What is a cold front?
300
air sinking, bring "happy" fair weather
What is high pressure
300
the sound created from rapidly expanding and contracting air
What is thunder?
300
using symbols instead of words to describe weather
What is a weather station model?
400
Thunderstorm clouds
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
400
When a warm air mass slides up over a cold air mass
What is a warm front?
400
The colors on a weather map that indicate low and high pressure
What is red = low pressure and blue = high pressure?
400
the most powerful, destructive storms on Earth
What are hurricanes?
400
the process by which water vapor cools and forms clouds
What is condensation?
500
This determines the type of precipitation that falls to earth.
What is temperature surrounding the cloud?
500
The type of front responsible for several days of rainy weather stalled over a large area
What is a stationary front?
500
an area in which the air is less dense than in surrounding regions, causing inward-blowing winds
What is low pressure?
500
The area of the U.S. that experiences the most tornadoes annually
What is tornado alley?
500
the relative humidity of air holding only one-fourth of the water vapor it can possibly hold
What is 25%