Hail Storms
Hail stones are made of this.
What is ICE?
The continuous movement of WATER on, above, and below the Earth's surface.
What is the WATER CYCLE?
This is when Condensation occurs it forms what?
What is CLOUDS?
Cirrus clouds are at what height? High, Middle or Low?
What is HIGH?
This is the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is HUMIDITY?
Hail storms are most common in this part of the United States.
What is CENTRAL US?
This is the process by which a liquid, such as water, changes into gas.
What is EVAPORATION?
Big, White, Puffy clouds that give off good weather.
What are CUMULUS?
This type of cloud takes the shape of an anvil?
What are CUMULONIMBUS?
A weather front where a warm air mass is replacing a cooler air mass, often leading to gradual weather changes like rising temperatures and precipitation
What is WARM?
This season barely gets hail storms.
What is WINTER?
This is the process by which a gas changes to a liquid.
What is CONDENSATION?
Thin, wispy and the most common of the high clouds.
What are CIRRUS clouds?
These are LOW flat clouds that tend to cover most of the sky that can produce light rain or drizzle.
What are STRATUS clouds?
This forms when 2 cold fronts overtake a warm front, forcing the warm air up blocking it.
What is OCCLUDED?
AIR near the surface of the ground is warmed through thermal energy transfer from the ground through this.
What is CONDUCTION?
The moisture that falls from clouds to Earth's surface is called...
What is PRECIPITATION?
This cloud brings violent thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail, and even tornado's.
What are CUMULONIMBUS?
Nimbus means
What is RAIN?
A weather front where two air masses (cold and warm) meet, but neither is strong enough to displace the other, resulting in a boundary that remains nearly stationed, often for hours to days.
What is STATIONARY?
This occurs when a small-scale current of RISING air, often within a cloud, pulls in moisture potentially leading to severe weather like hail or tornadoes.
What is an UPDRAFT?
This is the average weather pattern for a region over a long period of time.
What is CLIMATE?
The 3 types of clouds are these.
What is CUMULUS, STRATUS & CIRRUS?
These clouds are thick, dark and gray and usually bring rain or snow.
What are NIMBOSTRATUS?
These are large bodies of AIR with similar characteristics such as temperature and humidity.
What are AIR MASSES?