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What is the probability of precipitation?
The likelihood of rain at any point in the area on a given day.
What is probability of precipitation?
The likelihood of rain at any point in the area on a given day.
What are the two factors that weather depends on?
Heat from the sun and water.
What are the two factors that weather depends on?
Heat from the sun and water.
What causes weather to change over time?
Air masses flow from high pressure to low pressure
What causes weather to change over time?
Air masses flow from high pressure to low pressure
What can sudden changes in weather result from?
Different air masses colliding.
When do sudden changes in weather occur?
When different air masses collide
How is pressure measured?
With a barometer.
How is pressure measured?
With a barometer.
What are the four regions from which air masses originate?
Polar, tropical, continental, or maritime
What are the four regions from which air masses originate?
Polar, tropical, continental, or maritime
What information do fronts provide to predict?
Temperature, humidity, and air pressure
What information do fronts provide to predict?
Temperature, humidity, and air pressure
Study Notes
- Probability of precipitation is the likelihood of rain at any point in the area on a given day.
- Weather depends on heat from the sun and water.
- Air masses flow from high pressure to low pressure, causing weather to change over time.
- Sudden changes in weather can result when different air masses collide.
- Pressure is measured with a barometer, and a rising barometer indicates high pressure.
- Air masses bring different types of weather depending on their source.
- Meteorologists identify air masses by the regions from which they originate: polar, tropical, continental, or maritime.
- Fronts are boundaries between air masses that give information to predict temperature, humidity, and air pressure.
- Cold fronts form where a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass, causing rapid precipitation and thunderstorms.
- Warm fronts form where a warm air mass moves up and over a cold air mass, bringing layered stratus clouds and increasing air pressure and temperature when the front passes.
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