Ch 24 Holt Earth Science

A severe tropical storm; has strong winds that spin toward a very low pressure center

What causes thunder?

This measures air temperature

The large waves and rising sea level; the most dangerous part of a hurricane

Air masses that form over a cold ocean

Weather that may cause property damage or death

A large “chunk” of air that has a similar temperature and moisture content

A front that doesn’t move, or moves very slowly

These weather forecasts are the most accurate

What kind of clouds are indicated by this station model?

Where is the wind coming from?

When severe weather has been spotted, and it's coming to your town.

Air moves from __ pressure to ___ pressure areas

A long line of heavy thunderstorms

When conditions are perfect for bad weather

The area in the US tornadoes are most common

An instrument package carried up into the atmosphere by a weather balloon

Areas where the air sinks and flows outward, away from the high pressure zone

This tells the direction the wind is coming from

Air masses that form near the equator

The boundary where cold polar air meets warm tropical air (especially over the ocean)

Areas of low pressure, with rotating wind moving toward the rising, central low-pressure region

The boundary between different air masses

A destructive, rotating column of air w/ very high wind speeds; a visible funnel cloud

This measures wind speed

a front that forms when a (new) cold air mass lifts a warm air mass over an (old) cold air mass

Electricity discharged from storms during a thunderstorm

What kind of clouds are indicated by this station model?

Lines on a weather map that connect equal temperatures

the front edge of a cold air mass

Air masses that form over land

Lines that connect areas where the atmospheric pressure is the same

A group of symbols used to report the weather

This measures air pressure

A heavy storm with rain, strong winds, lightning, and thunder