Weather Flashcards
Humidity
Amount of water vapor in the air
Weather
Atmospheric conditions at a certain time. Place.b
Relative humidity
Amount of water vapor in the air compared to how much the air could hold at that temp.
Dew point
When air has cooled to the point where it can no longer hold out. Drips out or condensed
Saturated
Air cant hold anymore water
Air mass
Large body of air that has the same properties as below
Front
Boundary between 2 air masses
Cold front
Colder air runs into warmer air.
Pushes warm air us quickly
Cumulonimbus form
Thunderstorms hail tornadoes
Warm front
Warmer air runs ino cold air and rises
Cools condeses
Rain fer days
Precipitation
Falling water
Meterologist
Studies weather
Barometer
Measures air pressure
Station model
Diagrahm that shows weather
Isotherm
Lines that connect places with the same temp
Isobars
Lines that connect places with the same pressure