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- 1. clouds form when water vapor ___ to form liquid water or ice cyrstals
- 5. takes images of Earth from space – looks at storms and cloud formation
- 7. when water vapor converts directly to an ice crystal , the precipitation is called this
- 11. when snow falls, the amount is actually ___time the amount it would have rained, so 20 cm of snow is equal to 2cm of rain
- 13. violent winter storm, freezing temps, blowing snow
- 16. lines on a weather map that shows areas of the same temp
- 20. an air mass that forms over land
- 22. maritime air masses bring ___ weather
- 23. small storm of thunder and lightning
- 27. stand alone machine that can measure wind speed, temps, humidity, etc
- 28. a boundary where unlike air masses meet is called a _____
- 29. tornados form in the ___ type of cloud as a thunderstorm
- 31. the small lines or feathers at the end of the line showing wind direction on a weather condition map indicate ___ ___
- 35. used to measure how much rain falls
- 37. intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 119km/hr
- 38. rain that falls as water then passes through a freezing layer in the atmosphere
- 39. swirling center of low pressure causes clouds and wind and rain
- 44. rapid whirling funnel shaped cloud reaches the ground from a storm cloud
- 46. lines on a weather map that shows area of the same air pressure
- 47. temp at which water vapor condenses
- 48. when a warm air mass is caught between 2 cold
- 49. when sparks form due to positive and negative charges building up in the atmosphere
- 50. water moves through the atmosphere in the ___ ____
- 51. continental air masses bring ___ weather
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- 2. when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass, neither have the force to move the other
- 3. at a cold front, cold air meets warm air and goes ___ it
- 4. at a warm front, warm air meets cold air and goes ___ it
- 6. an air mass from a warm area
- 8. clouds with this prefix mean “rain”
- 9. when a cold air mass moves in and pushes warm air up and away
- 10. any form of water that falls from the sky
- 12. wispy clouds, feather, high altitudes
- 14. pellet of ice larger than 5mm
- 15. clouds that look like a blanket, blocking out blue sky and sunlight
- 17. rain that falls as liquid then freezes when it contacts a colder surface
- 18. parcel of air with the same temp and humidity
- 19. cold dry air coming from Canada that affects the northern US comes from ___ ____ air masses
- 21. hurricanes with swirling winds can drive water onto land increasing the height of water in that are- it is called this- 2 words
- 24. the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to what it can hold at that temp
- 25. sent into the atmosphere to measure windspeed, temps, humidity, etc
- 26. an air mass that forms over water
- 30. the major difference between a cyclone and anticyclone is the direction of their ____
- 31. when a warm air mass moves in slowly, bringing warm humid air
- 32. an air mass from a cold area
- 33. long period of scarce rainfall due to dry weather systems
- 34. scientists that analyze weather
- 36. area of high pressure center- causes dry clear weather
- 39. clouds that look like cotton balls
- 40. two things required to make clouds- cooling air and the presence of ____ in the air
- 41. used to measure relative humidity
- 42. the amount of water vapor in the air at that time
- 43. overflow of water due to a lot of rainfall
- 45. violent disturbances in the atmosphere