Compare and contrast cold vs. warm fronts.
Brings clouds close to the base of the ground (low ceilings)
Approach with very little warning
Poor visibility and rain
Changes the weather completely in a few hours
Occurs more slowly
Weather clears rapidly after the front passes
Provides a warning of the coming front
The weather that does occur is more intense
Are generally less intense
Warm front
Cold front
This is planet "Goosey". Each letter represents an air mass developing. Categorize the air masses into their respective categories.
D
H
A
B
C
G
F
E
mT (maritime Tropical)
mP (maritime Polar)
cT (continental Tropical)
cP (continental Polar)
Based on the weather map, which city will most likely experience increasing temperatures during the next 24 hours?
Create your own planet!!! Give your planet a name. Draw the equator for your planet. Add ocean and land masses.
Label air mass parts of your planet:
A) maritime polar mP
B) maritime tropical mT
C) continental polar cP
D) continental tropical CT
Disperse the following into climate and weather categories
Hurricane season
Amount of precipitation today
Analyzes years of patterns
Can change in a few hours
Long-term
Years worth of data
Short-term
Relative humidity for the next
two hours
Cloud cover
Wind speed
Air pressure
Weather
Climate
Weather refers to short term atmospheric conditions while climate is the weather of a specific region averaged over a long period of time. Climate change refers to long-term changes.
Please match the description to either explaining Weather OR Climate
We quickly got out of the water because we heard thunder and lightning.
There was a light snow fall over night that causes my flowers to die
Tomorrow, Florida is about to be hit by a huge hurricane
The average temperature in Aruba is 90 degrees almost all year long
The Sahara desert is one of the dries and hottest regions on the planet with an average summer temperature of 104 degrees