P. Weather Wise Flashcards
______ is the amount of water vapor in
the air.
Humidiy
______ _____________is the amount of water vapor the air is holding at a given temperature, compared to the total amount
it could hold at that temperature.
Relative humidity
Billions of tiny condensed drops of water are called_______.
clouds
______happens when a cloud touches the earth’s surface.
Fog
A ____ _____ measures the amount
of precipitation.
rain guage
A _______ _______ is used for forecasting weather.
synoptic chart
A blue line with blue triangles on it represts a ___ _____.
cold front
A cold front is a transition where ____air replaces warm air in the atmosphere.
cold
Cold fronts generally move from _______ to southeast.
northwest
A cold front arrives with cold and _____ air.
dry
Air in a cold front can drop 15 degrees in the first _____.
hour
A warm front is a transition where ____air replaces cold n the atmosphere.
warm
A ______front is represented on a map by a red line with half circles on it.
warm
Warm fronts usually move from ______ to northeast.
southwest
_______ fronts occur when a warm or cold front just stops moving.
Stationary
An _______front is a developing cyclone.
occluded
The symbol for an occluded front is a ______line with alternating half circles and triangles.
purple
A _____ ______can cause precipitation, straight winds, lightening, hail and tornados.
severe thunderstorms
A severe thunderstorms line is represnted by ____ ______
squall lines.
Squal lines are reprented by a ____ line then ____ dots and then another ____ line.
red
two
red
A _______is lengthened area of
low pressure that is typically associated
with a cyclone wind shift. It is shown by
a dotted orange line.
trough
A trough is shown by a ____ _____ line
dotted orange
A upper case red L represents _____ ______.
low pressure
Low pressure moves in a ________ motion in the northern hemisphere.
counterclockwise
