Meteorology vocabulary 3

Warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses

• Warm Front

• High pressure

• Occluded front

• Stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a whirling mass of warm, moist air that generally brings stormy weather with strong winds

• Front

• Tornado

• Low pressure

• High pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

rapidly, whirling, funnel-shape cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud reaching earth’s surface

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Occluded front

• Cold Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Forms when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass but neither have the force to move the other.

• Tornado

• Thunderstorm

• Occluded front

• Stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a whirling mass of cool, dry air that generally brings fair weather and light winds

• Thunderstorm

• High Pressure

• Low pressure

• Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

boundaries between air masses of different temperatures.

• Front

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

forms where cold air moves towards warm air. Creates rain storms

• Tornado

• Thunderstorm

• Cold Front

• High Pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

form where warm air moves towards cold air

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

• Tornado

• Warm Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a violent, short-lived weather disturbance that is almost always associated with lightning, thunder, dense clouds, heavy rain or hail, and strong, gusty winds.

• Cold Front

• Thunderstorm

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5