Weather Flashcards
??? air pressure goes with sunny, clear weather (???=happy).
High, high
??? air pressure happens during rain and storms (???-lousy).
Low, low
A ??? measures air pressure
barometer
In the United States we have ??? ??? winds, known as ??? ???. Weather comes from the West.
prevailing Westerly, Jet Streams
??? changes liquid water to a gas (water vapor).
Evaporation
??? changes water vapor (gas) back to tiny liquid drops. ??? forms clouds.
Condensation, condensation
??? are boundaries between air masses, and they bring weather changes. Cold ??? makes it colder, Warm ??? makes it warmer.
Fronts, fronts, fronts
??? ??? match the area where they form. If they form in warmer places they have warm air, if they form in cooler places they have cool air. The are moist if they form over water. An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico would be warm and moist.
Air masses
Wind direction tells us where the wind is coming ???.
from
??? and ??? clouds mean fair weather.
Cirrus, cumulus
??? clouds can bring rain.
Stratus
??? is a thunderstorm cloud.
Cumulonimbus
Water heats and cools ??? than land.
slower
Temperatures along the coast are affected by the ??? temperatures
ocean
?? ??? and ?? ??? are climate patterns affect weather around the globe.
El Nino, La Nina
