Question | Answer |
REFERS TO THE STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT A SPECIFIC TIME AND PLACE | WEATHER |
AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR HELD IN THE AIR | HUMIDITY |
IS A MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR PRESENT IN THE AIR COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT NEEDED FOR SATURATION AT A SPECIFIC TEMP. | RELATIVE HUMIDTY |
CHANGES WITH THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR | DEW POINT |
WHEN AIR IS COLLED TO IT DEW POINT NEAR THE GROUND | FOG |
IS A LARGE BODY OF AIR THAT HAS PROPERTIES SIMILAR TO THE PART OF EARTH'S SURFACE OVER WHICH IS DEVELOPS | AIR MASS |
IT IS RECORDED ON A MAP USING A COMBINATION OF SYMBOLS | STATION MODEL |
~CAN ADVANCE RAPIDLY~ THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN FORM AS WARMAIR SUDDENLY LIFTED UP OVER COLD AIR | COLD FRONT |
WATER FALLING FROM CLOUDS | PRECIPITATION |
THE MOST POWERFUL STROM | HURRICANE |
A LINE THAT CONNECTS POINTS OF EQUAL TEMP. | ISOTHERM |
~SLIDES OVER COLDER AIR ALONG A WARM FRONT FORMING A BOUNDARY WITH A GENTLE SLOPE.~THIS CAN LEAD TO HRS IF N OT DAYS OF WET WEATHER | WARM FRONT |
TWO AIR MASSES OF DIFFERENT DENSITY MOISTURE OR TEMP | FRONT |
WEATHER SERVICE CLASSIFIES A WINTER STORM | BLIZZARD |
IS A LINE DRAWN TO CONNECT POINTS OF EQUAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE | ISOBAR |
IS A VIOLENTY ROTATING COLUMN OF AIR IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND | TORNADO |
IS A PERSON WHO STUDIES THE WEATHER | METEOROLOGIST |
RESULTS WHEN NIETHER COLD AIR NOR WARM AIR ADVANCES | STATIONARY FRONT |
~CLOUD IS A PUFFY WHITE CLOUD~THESE CLOUD INDICATE FAIR WEATHER OR THUNDER STORMS | CUMULUS |
MEANS HIGH CLOUDS | CIRRO |
refers to clouds that lie at low elevation | prefix strato |
~cloud is a white feathery cloud~these cloud can indicate storm weather | cirrus |
~cloud is asmooth or layered cloud~these clouds indicate fair weather rain or snow | stratus |
refers to cloud that lie at middle elevations | prefix alto |
colder air forces warm air upward,that closes off the warm air from the surface | occluded front |