Weather Vocabulary

7. boundary between to air masses of differing densities; can be cold, warm, stationary, or occluded and can stretch over large areas of Earth's surface
8. narrow wind ban that occurs above large temperature contrast and can flow as fast as 185 km/h
10. short-term variations in atmosphere phenomena that interact and affect the environment and life on earth
11. the long-term average of variation in weather for a particular area
13. weather instrument used to measure wind speed
14. instrument used to measure temperature using either the Fahrenheit or Celsius scale
15. line on weather map connecting areas of equal pressure

1. record of weather data for a specific place at a specific time, using meteorologic symbols
2. weather instrument used to measure humidity
3. change in the wave frequency that occurs due to the relative motion of the wave as it moves towards or away from an observer
4. line on a weather map connecting areas of equal temperature
5. large volume of air that has the characteristics of the area which it forms
6. effect of a rotating body that influences the motion of any object or fluid or Earth; air moving north or south of the equator appears to move right or left
9. instrument used to measure air pressure
12. two global wind systems that flow between 30 degrees north and south latitudes where air sinks, warms, and returns to the equator in a westernly direction