Where do tornadoes usually form?
In what temperature of water do hurricanes form?
What makes a hurricane spin?
The spinning column of air is called
Big storms form over which kind of pressure system?
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or sleet fall from them
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds.
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they are a sign that rain or snow is on the way.
______________ clouds can sometimes rest on the ground known as fog
What is a cloud?
Tropical climates are found near the ____________.
What is El Nino?
Can a climate change?
What is one way scientists try to learn about past climates?
What 3 major things affect climate?
Boundary that separates two air masses
The average weather conditions over a long period of time
Large area of air that has the same temperature and humidity
Scientific predictions of weather
A warm ocean current the moves quickly from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
Forecasters use ________ to show the current weather conditions.
What does a satellite map show?
What does a radar map show?
What does a precipitation map show?
Weather forecasting is based on what?
Over land
Warm water
Coriolis effect
funnel cloud
Low Pressure
Stratus
Cumulus Clouds
Cirrus
Stratus
tiny water droplets (and even ice crystals) floating in the sky
Equator
a climate pattern where the water in the Pacific Ocean near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the atmosphere and weather around the world.
Yes
Fossils, Plants, Ice
Latitude, altitude, distance from ocean.
Fronts
Climate
Air Mass
Forecast
Gulf Stream
Weather maps
Clouds (visual photograph)
Radars loop the movement of significant storms
Precipitation map shows the amount of precipitation that has accumulated within the last 24 hours
Data collected and observed weather changes.
