storms and weather predictions

Question 1

air mass

Answer 1

a huge body of air in the troposphere with similar temperature and humidity thruought

Question 2

front

Answer 2

a boundaries where 2 air masses bump against each other

Question 3

orographic lifting

Answer 3

when mountains push clouds up in the air verry high.

Question 4

frontal wedging

Answer 4

when the colder air forces warm air to rise and forms a cold front and a wedge shape formation. wish we cant see (obviously)

Question 5

storms

Answer 5

severe disturbances in the atmosphere.

Question 6

lightening

Answer 6

an electrical discharge either between clouds or between a cloud and the ground.

Question 7

tornado

Answer 7

a narrow rapidly spinning mass of air extending downward from a cumulonimbus cloud

Question 8

enhanced fujita-pearson

Answer 8

scale to measure tornados.

Question 9

Allen D. pearson

Answer 9

established the Fajita scale

Question 10

hurricanes

Answer 10

largest storms, giant cyclonic windstorms that form over tropical or subtropical oceans.

Question 11

tropical storm

Answer 11

a cyclonic storm with windspeads that reach 39 mi./hr or more. It is then assighned a name.

Question 12

saffir Simpson scale

Answer 12

scale to rate hurricanes

Question 13

storm surge

Answer 13

higher than normal water level ussually associated with hurricanes.