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Weather Topic 7

Weather Topic 7. Remember to wait for the vocabulary word to pop up at the end! Can you guess it before it comes up?. Created by P. Bordas MS, CCC-SLP. Weather Variables. Include temperature, air pressure, wind, moisture conditions, cloud cover, precipitation, and storms.

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Weather Topic 7

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  1. WeatherTopic 7 Remember to wait for the vocabulary word to pop up at the end! Can you guess it before it comes up? Created by P. Bordas MS, CCC-SLP

  2. Weather Variables Include temperature, air pressure, wind, moisture conditions, cloud cover, precipitation, and storms teachers.saschina.org/aolivas/

  3. Troposphere The part of the atmosphere immediately above the Earth’s surface. Where most of the weather changes occur http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Sect14/atmosphere.jpg

  4. Atmospheric Pressure and Density

  5. Atmospheric Pressure (or barometric pressure or air pressure) The pressure due to the weight of the overlying atmosphere pushing down on any given area http://www.mercarta.com/desktop/map/GulfOfMexico/BarometricPressure_Map.jpg

  6. Barometers Instrument used to measure air pressure http://www.maximum-inc.com/images/products/products/PRA-LE.jpg

  7. Isobars Used to show air pressure on weather maps http://www.newmediastudio.org/DataDiscovery/Hurr_ED_Center/Hurr_Structure_Energetics/Closed_Isobars/Closed_Isobars_fig02.jpg

  8. Wind

  9. Air Pressure Gradient The difference in air pressure for a specific distance http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/thermal2.GIF

  10. Anemometer Instrument used to measure wind speed http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Wright/Images/anemom-Bertie.jpg

  11. General Circulation of the Air in the Troposphere

  12. Jet Streams Bands of easterly moving air at the top of the troposphere http://wings.avkids.cohttp://nevis.k12.mn.us/academics/science/2jetstreams.gifm/Book/Wright/Images/anemom-Bertie.jpg

  13. Planetary Wind Belts Results because of the Coriolis effect (winds moving away from high air pressure and deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere). Within these, the winds move generally in a specific direction much of the time so they are prevailing winds. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.grossmont.edu/judd.curran/images/A07_14.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.grossmont.edu/judd.curran/outline2.htm&usg=__4EzI0dKYxO5-4b5Agt0poS3Hl3c=&h=258&w=411&sz=26&hl=en&start=12&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=MmWjuknAdEitVM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplanetary%2Bwind%2Bbelts%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26rlz%3D1T4GZAZ_enUS316US317%26tbs%3Disch:1

  14. Monsoons Extreme weather changes caused by the shifting wind and pressure belts http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~cwalton/My%20Pictures/monsoons.jpg

  15. Atmospheric Moisture

  16. Water Vapor Gaseous water in the atmosphere http://helloworldbea.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/watervapor.jpg

  17. Humidity General term that refers to the water vapor content of the atmosphere http://www.electrical-res.com/EX/10-19-03/humidity.jpg

  18. Relative Humidity The ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air (absolute humidity) to the maximum amount it can hould (its moisture capacity) http://www.tqnyc.org/2009/00767/relativehumidity.gif

  19. Dew Point The temperature at which air is filled with water vapor http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/weather/tutorial/images/27humiddew.gif

  20. Psychrometer Instrument used to measure relative humidity http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Sling_psychrometer.JPG

  21. Precipitation The falling of liquid or solid water from clouds toward the surface of Earth http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/images/precipitation.gif

  22. Cloud Cover The fraction or percent of the total sky at a location that is covered by clouds

  23. Atmospheric Transparency How transparent the atmosphere is to insolation

  24. Visibility How far you can see along Earth’s surface expressed in miles

  25. Air Masses and Fronts

  26. Air Mass A large body of air in the troposphere with similar characteristics of pressure, moisture and temperature http://www.kidsgeo.com/images/air-masses.jpg

  27. Cyclones Have low pressure http://www.mynews.in/News/dailyimage/news/cyclone--430--1.jpg

  28. Cold Front The boundary of an advancing cold air mass and a warmer air mass, where the underlying cold air pushes forward like a wedge http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/images/atmosphere/weather/cold_front.jpg

  29. Warm Front The boundary of an advancing warm air mass and retreating wedge of cooler air mass. The cooler air is heavier, the warm air mass is forced to rise as it advances http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/warmfront.GIF&imgrefurl=http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7r.html&usg=__csBKCc0ogNKYd8c7lPrpD1VDD00=&h=325&w=594&sz=27&hl=en&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ICEirI7Rq4Em3M:&tbnh=74&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwarm%2Bfront%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26rlz%3D1T4GZAZ_enUS316US317%26tbs%3Disch:1

  30. Occluded Front Boundary of opposing wedges of cold air masses formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air mass off the ground http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/warmfront.GIF&imgrefurl=http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7r.html&usg=__csBKCc0ogNKYd8c7lPrpD1VDD00=&h=325&w=594&sz=27&hl=en&start=7&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ICEirI7Rq4Em3M:&tbnh=74&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Doccluded%2Bfront%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26rlz%3D1T4GZAZ_enUS316US317%26tbs%3Disch:1

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