Severe Weather

SEVERE WEATHER

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AIR MASS Air mass has a large region of air that

has a similar temperature and humidity. Air masses can cover thousands of land and water.

BAROMETER A barometer is a instrument that

measures air pressure. People can use a barometer to measure the air pressure before there is a storm.

CYCLONE A cyclone is any kind of storm with a low

pressure center and a counter-clockwise rotation. Hurricanes and tornados are considered a cyclone.

DROUGHT A drought is a long period of dry

weather. In a drought crops can be destroyed and water can be lost.

EARTHQUAKE A Earthquake is when planks

underground move it causes motion. If earthquakes are powerful enough they can cause major destruction to your city.

FOG Fog is a cloud that forms near the ground. While your driving you have to be extra careful because if your not you could cause a car crash.

GLAZE Glaze is a smooth clear icy coating of

supercooled water droplet that spreads out and freezes onto objects on contact. Glaze produces the accretion of a ice storm.

HURRICANE The name for a tropical cyclone with

sustained winds that go up to 74 miles per hour or greater in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the North Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes can destroy people’s houses.

ICE Ice is a solid form of water. Ice cubes go inside your cup of water.

JET STREAMS Jet Streams are powerful winds that flow at a high altitude. A lot stretch for thousands of miles.

KATABATIC WINDS Katabatic winds are created by air

flowing down hill. When the air is warm it might be called a foelin wind it also may be known as a Santa Ana.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW A lake effect snow is a snow showers

they are created when cold dry air passes over a large warmer lake like one of the Great Lakes. It picks up moisture in the air .

MAXIMUM

Maximum is the greatest value attained by a function for example, temperature, pressure, or wind speed. Maximum is the opposite of minimum.

NEAP TIDE A neap tide is a tide of decreased range,

it occurs about every two weeks when the moon is at one quarter or three quarters full.

OVERCAST Overcast is the amount of the sky cover

for a cloud layer that is 8/8ths on the summation layer for that layer.

PRECIPITATION Precipitation is any and all forms of

water. Water can be rain, ice, hail, and etc. when there is a storm I see rain falling from the clouds.

QUANITIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST A forecast of rain fall, snowfall, or liquid

equivalent of snow fall. Whenever people watch the news on the weather the person gives you a forecast.

RAIN SHADOW A rain shadow is also referred to as a precipitation shadow. It is on the lee side of the mountain or a similar barrier where the rain is less than on the other side.

SANDSTORM A sandstorm is a strong wind carrying sand particles through the air. There are low occurrences. Some sandstorms are usually only ten feet, no more than fifty feet.

TORNADO A violently rotating column of air in

contact with and extending between a convective cloud and the surface of the Earth. In the Wizard of Oz a tornado destroyed Dorothy's house.

UPWIND The direction from where the wind is

blowing. If a up wind blows a certain direction it could make a tree fall on your house. A up wind can make very cold air.

VORTEX A vortex is any circular or rotary flow in

the atmosphere that possesses vortices. Sometimes a vortex can look like a tornado because it is circular.

WEATHER The state of the atmosphere at a

specific time and with respect to its effect. There are different types of weather.

X-RAYS X-rays are the portion of a electromagnet that has a very shot wave length. It has a wave length longer than gamma rays that are shorter than a visible light.

YELLOW SNOW Yellow snow is snow that is given a golden or yellow glow by appearance or by the presence of pine or cypress pollen in it. Sometimes people put a yellow light on snow to make it look like yellow snow.

ZENITH Zenith is the point which is elevated at

90 degrees from all points on given observers astronomical horizon. The point on any given observers celestial sphere that lies directly above them.

RESOURCES www.weather.com/glossary