Weather Flashcards
Air Mass
A body of air with horizontally uniform temperature,humidity, and pressure
Continental Polar
Cold temperatures and little moisture
Maritime Polar
Moist air mass which affects the United States
Maritime tropical
Air masses warm temperature and rich in moisture
Continental tropical
A dry mass formed over land close to the equator
Warm Front
A mass of warm air the leading edge of a low pressure system
Cold front
Mass of cold air the trailing edge of warm sector low pressure system
Occulded front
Acomposite front by occlusion
Stationary front
A pair of air masses that is not strong enough to replace the other
Wind vane
A device that measures the direction of the wind
Rain gauge
A device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain that falls
Thermometer
A instrument for measuring and indicating temperature
Hygrometer
An instrument for measuring the humidity of the air and gas
Barometer
An instrument measuring the atmospheric pressure
Front
A boundary separating two masses of air of different densities
