| A | B |
|---|
| Forecast | make a prediction based on recorded readings |
| Isobar | line connecting equal readings of air pressure |
| Wind | differences in air pressure create this effect |
| Tornado | funnell shaped cloud of extremely hi velocity(speeds) |
| Torrid | hot, stifling |
| Downburst | violent downdrafts concentrated in a local area |
| Analog forecasting | involves comparing current weather conditions with the past |
| Air Mass | large body of air with the same temperature, humidity and air pressure |
| Weather | current state of the atmosphere |
| Maritime | having to do with water |
| Continental | having to do with land |
| Barometer | tool that measures air pressure |
| Coriolis Effect | deflection of objects due to the rotation of the Earth |
| cT | warm and dry |
| cP | cold and dry |
| mP | cold and moist (wet) |
| mT | warm and moist (wet) |
| cold front | front edge of a moving mass of cold air & pushes beneath a warmer air mass |
| warm front | front edge of advancing warm air that replaces colder air with warm air |
| stationary front | an air mass that moves slowly or not at all |
| front | boundary between 2 air masses |
| occluded front | 2 cold air masses sandwhich a warm air mass and push it upwards |
| hurricanne | a storm storm that develops over tropical oceans w/ strong wind speeds |
| Saffir-Simpson scale | designates the severity of a hurricane based on pressure, wind speed & storm surge |
| wind vane | determines wind direction |
| barometer | measures atmospheric pressure |
| anemometer | measures wind speed |
| Radar | RAdio Detection And Ranging; system that uses relfected radio waves to determine velocity & location of objects |
| station model | weather symbols that represent current weather in an area |
| Thunderstorm | brief, heavy rain storm that consists of rain, strong winds, thunder & lightning |
| Blizzard | severe winter storm that combines blowing snow & wind resulting in low visibility |
