Question | Answer |
Warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass | WARM FRONT |
Force of air pushing on an area | AIR PRESSURE |
Sections of air with nearly the same temperature and moisture | AIR MASSES |
Cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass | COLD FRONT |
Boundary between air masses that doesn't move | STATIONARY FRONT |
Measurement of water vapor in the air | HUMIDITY |
Boundary between air masses that have different temperatures | FRONT |
When a cold air mass meets a warm air mass, the possible result | VIOLENT WEATHER |
High and low pressure areas on a weather map predict - weather | WINDY |
Scientist who studies weather | METEOROLOGIST |
Average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time | CLIMATE |
Storm of heavy rain, lightning, and strong wind | THUNDERSTORM |
Weather instrument that measures amount of precipitation | RAIN GAUGE |
Weather instrument that measures pressure | BAROMETER |
Weather instrument that measures how hot or cold it is | THERMOMETER |
Government agency that has weather stations all over the US | NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE |
Very heavy snowstorm | BLIZZARD |
Largest and most powerful storms | HURRICANES |
Over the Atlantic Ocean near the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean | WHERE HURRICANES START |
Weather instrument that measures air speed | ANEMOMETER |