Weather vocabulary-2023 Flashcards
temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated (full) with water vapor(gas).
Dew Point
average weather pattern in an area over a long period of time (temperature, humidity, precipitation, and vegetation), 30 years plus!
Climate
The conditions outside in the atmosphere at a particular place and time (may change second to second, day to day, week to week, month to month).
Weather
water,rain, sleet, snow, hail, and mist, that falls to Earth’s surface.
Precipitation
a large body of air that is similar in temperature, humidity, and air pressure throughout.
Air mass
the force of air on a surface.
Air pressure
the boundary between an advancing mass of relatively warm air and a mass of colder air.
Warm front
the boundary between an advancing mass of relatively cold air and a mass of warmer air, the cold air acts like a plow forcing the warm air up.
Cold front
a region in which the atmospheric pressure is higher than in the surrounding areas.
High-pressure system
a unit of speed equal to 1.151 miles per hour.
Knot
a region in which the atmospheric pressure is lower than in the surrounding areas.
Low-pressure system
