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How's the Weather?
Cloudy with a chance of more Clouds
Water you gunna do about it?
Homey Don't Front!
4cast
100
The state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place
What is weather
100
A stratus cloud on the ground
What is fog
100
Water falling from clouds is this
What is precipitation
100
a large body of air that has properties similar to the part of the Earth's surface over which it was formed.
What is an air mass
100
a person who studies weather
What is a meteorologist
200
The amount of water in the air
What is humidity
200
low dark clouds that form layers, even sheets in the sky
What is stratus
200
Precipitation in liquid form
What is rain
200
The boundary between air masses with different densities
What is a front
200
a combination of symbols on a map that show current weather conditions
What is a station model
300
the temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms.
What is dew point
300
High white and wispy clouds
What are cirrus clouds
300
Precipitation in the form of single ice crystals
What is snow
300
A violent, whirling wind that moves in a narrow path over land.
What is a tornado
300
A line that connects areas with the same temperature
What is isotherm
400
a measure of the amount of water in the air compared to the amount needed for saturation
What is relative humidity
400
white puffy masses with dark flat bottoms
What is cumulus
400
Precipitation in the form of large chunks of ice
What is hail
400
When two air masses meet but do not advance on eachother
What is a stationary front
400
A line that connects areas of the same pressure
What is isobar
500
this type of air is less dense
What is warm air
500
The specific type of cloud that form thunderstorms
What are cumulonimbus clouds
500
Precipitation that starts as liquid but freezes as it falls
What is sleet
500
When a warm air mass moves over a cold air mass
What is a warm front
500
An instrument used to measure wind speed
What is an anemometer