Weather Symbols And Tools Flashcards
Air Mass
A large body of air with similar properties through it.
Maritime Polar Air
Cold and Humid air
Continental Polar Air
Cold and Dry Air
Maritime Tropical Air
Warm and Humid Air
Continental Tropical Air
Warm and Dry Air
Fronts
Boundaries between two air masses
Cold fronts
They move in and cause warm air masses to rise
Warm Front
They meet and overside a cool air mass
Weather
The state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place
Climate
Climate is how hot or warm it is. Also how it is outside.
Stationary front
The front that stays in place because the warm and cool are crash together and also getting stationary from stationary front
Occluded front
when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it to expand.
Thermometer
Measures how hot or cold it is outside.
Rain gauge
Measures the amount of rain fall
Barometer
Measures air pressure