Weather Vocab

2. Located between 30° and 60° latitude. They blow from the west, toward the poles.
4. all the ice, water, water vapor on Earth, including oceans, lakes and rivers, etc.
6. Effect the cause of winds near the equator in the northern and southern hemispheres to curve west caused by the earth’s rotation
7. Currents a large volume of water flowing in a certain direction
9. the amount of water vapor in the air
10. Front a zone where faster moving warm air mass collides with a cold air mass resulting in prolonged, light precipitation
13. the long-term pattern of weather in an area
15. Winds large wind belts that encircle the globe
16. a tropical cyclone that forms in the northwest pacific ocean
17. Pressure a large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside of the system
20. the atmosphere conditions along with short-term changes of a certain place at a certain time
22. Currents when temperature differences cause liquids and gases to expand and move; the less dense areas continually rise and more dense areas continually sink, creating a cyclical current
23. Cyclone an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans
24. a boundary between two air masses

1. Easterlies Found between 60° latitude and the poles. They blow from the east, toward the equator.
3. water in liquid or solid form that falls from the atmosphere
5. Map a map showing the state of the weather over a large area
8. Winds Found between 30° N latitude and 30°S. They blow from the east, toward the equator.
11. layer of gases surrounding Earth.
12. Breeze a wind that blows from land to sea
14. Pressure a large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside of the system
17. a tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic and east pacific ocean
18. Stream a narrow band of fast moving high-altitude wind flowing west to east that affects weather conditions on earth
19. Breeze a wind that blows from sea onto land
21. Mass large bodies of air that have a uniform temperature, pressure, and humidity
22. Front a zone where a faster moving cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, usually results in brief, intense precipitation