If air is sitting over cold temperatures then the air mass formed will be _______.
What is cold?
100
Explain the difference between a storm watch and storm warning.
What is storm watch means it might happen and storm warning means the weather has formed and is a serious threat?
100
Warm air __________ and cold air ________?
What is rises and falls?
100
This tool measures how much rain has fallen.
What is rain gauge?
200
This tool has small cups that collect the wind to help measure wind speed.
What is anemometer?
200
Continental Air is air that forms near or on _________.
What is land?
200
This type of severe weather has strong winds and heavy thunderstorms. It starts over warm ocean water and builds strength in the Caribbean.
What is hurricanes?
200
When air that is different temperatures meets you get
A) High Pressure B) Convection Currents C) Jet Stream
What is B Convection Currents?
200
If I see an H on the weather map what does that indicate? What might the skies look like?
What is high pressure and clear?
300
When the pressure gets really low then we will probably have stormy weather. What tool might I have used?
What is barometer?
300
Maritime air is air that is formed near or over _________.
What is water?
300
A column of swirling air is lifted vertically. It is called a funnel cloud. When it touches the ground it is called this type of severe weather.
What is tornado?
300
As you go up higher in the atmosphere the pressure _____.
What is decreases? This is why it is colder. There is less oxygen in the air.
300
When two fronts mix together and stay still for a longer period of time it is called this.
What is stationary front?
400
This tool is used to help identify wind, precipitation, and storm direction. It will best help predict a storm's path.
What is Doppler radar?
400
When two air masses meet they have a boundary between them called a _______?
What is front?
400
Convection currents is how clouds form. Warm air ______ and cold air _______. This quickly builds up vertical clouds that cause _______________.
What is rises, sinks, thunderstorms?
400
Air typically moves in this direction, _______ to _________.
What is west to east?
400
Teacher ask question from a weather map. What does the L indicate? What might the skies look like in this area?
What is low pressure and cloudy/stormy?
500
This tool has horse hair that dries up when there is less moisture, and swells if there is more moisture in the air. What tool might I be using?
What is hygrometer?
500
A cold front has popped up in Canada and is following a path towards New England. In about three to four days the weather will reach Massachusetts. What two things are pushing this air mass?
What is wind and Jet Stream?
500
The snow in Buffalo was almost record high however it was not technically a blizzard. Explain what is needed for a storm to qualify as a blizzard.
What is strong winds of 35MPH and continuous snowfall for longer than 3 hours?
500
Describe the air particles in warm air and cold air? It is mainly the reason for why warm air rises and cold air sinks.
What is warm air - expanded and all over the place. Cold air - tightly huddled together.
500
What is thunder?
What is lightning flashes and heats up the air around it. The air expands and "pops" which is the noise of thunder?