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Weather (weather (GERGRAPHY : or landfrom affect region cilmate (places…
Weather
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cloud
Cirrus
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from above 18,000-20,000 feet
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Cumulus
large, puffy, white clouds
form below 6,600 feet, but can rise
"nice" weather, cotton-wool
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Stratus
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lowest forming cloud, below 6,500 feet
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Cumulonimbus
grown big and dark and below 50,000 feet
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measuring the weather
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wind speed
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unit mile per hour, kilometer per hour
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wind direction
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unit north, south, east and west
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percipitation
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percipititation occured when water evaporate in the air, cool and condense into water drop
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weather front
front
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4types of front
cold front
cold air mass puch or move under the warm air, pushing it up
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coler weather usually follow a cold front because temperature drop,Atmospheric pressure changes from falling to rising at the front
jead to: thunderstorms, heavy rain, snow, cooler weather
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warm front
light, warmer air moves toward cooler, heavier air
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jeads to:long rain, warm weather
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occluded front
A fast-moving cold air mass cantches up with a slow-moving warm air mass and forces the warm air up. THe cold air keeps moving until it meets another cold air mass
jead to:cool temperatures and lots of precipitation, cold air
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Stationary front
A cold air mass meets a warm aie mass, but little move ment occurs
leads to: clouds and long rains are found, rain, warm weather
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