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Weather Test

TermDefinition
climate average weather over a long period of time
weather conditions of the atmosphere in one place at one time
precipitation water or moisture that falls from the sky
dew point temperature at which water vapor condenses or turn into liquid
heat index "feels-like" temperature
jet stream when two air cells come together they create a fast-flowing "river" of air
fujita scale used to communicate how fast a tornado moves, how strong, or how much damage it caused
air mass air with similar characteristics such as temperature and humidity
nor'easter usually cold, extreme weather from the North East coast
maritime polar weather that is formed over the water in polar regions
maritime tropical weather that is formed over the water in tropical regions
continental polar usually brings dry and cold air masses
continental tropical usually brings dry and hot air masses
continental arctic brings very cold and very dry air
coriolis effect causes winds and waters to move in clockwise patterns in the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise patterns in the southern hemisphere
tornado alley a place in the United States where warm fronts regularly meet cold fronts in dramatic ways
cyclone winds spiraling around a low pressure cell
Created by: nancestrand
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