Weather Patterns Vocabulary Flashcards
Maritime
Comes from the ocean
Polar
Comes from the far northern or far southern parts of earth
Tropical
Comes from warm areas toward the equator
Continental
Comes from the land
Thunderstorm
A storm characterized by cumulonimbus clouds, lighting and thunder, commonly with heavy rainfall, strong winds and sometimes hail.
Tornado
Violent windstorm of a rotating column of air called a vortex extending downward from a cumulonimbus cloud.
Anticyclone
A center of high air pressure and clear weather with winds blowing clockwise outward and downward
Cyclone
A center of low air pressure and stormy weather with winds blowing counterclockwise inward and upward
Midlatitude Cyclone
A center of low air pressure and stormy weather that forms between 30 and 69 degrees latitude
Hurricane
A center of low air pressure and stormy weather that forms over warm ocean water between the equator and 30 degrees latitude in the Atlantic Ocean and has winds stronger than 119 km/he
Typhoon
A center of low air pressure and stormy weather that forms over warm ocean water between the equator and 30 degrees latitude in the PACIFIC Ocean and has winds stronger than 119 km/hr
Tropical Storm
A center of low air pressure and stormy weather that forms over warm ocean water between the equator and 30 degrees latitude
Continental Tropical
Warm and dry air mass
Maritime Tropical
Warm and wet air mass
Continental Polar
Cold and dry air mass