Weather patterns Study guide
*Be able to identify the cloud types if given pictures
Cumulus fog/ Stratus cirrus altostratus cirrostratus altocumulus nimbostratus cumulonimbus stratocumulus cirrocumulus
Matching: draw a line connecting the term with description
Sleet 0 0 Formed in thunderstorm clouds where rain and snow can coexist
Snow 0 0 Can start off as a liquid or a solid, and lands as a liquid.
Freezing Rain 0 0 Crystals do not pass through a surface of warm air.
Rain 0 0 Partially melts in a thin warm layer of air and refreezes before hitting
the surface.
Hail 0 0 Liquid water hits ground and freezes.
Fill In or Answer
11. Which type of air mass forms over cold, and dry areas?
12. What type of air masses bring warm temperatures and cloudy skies.
13. Maritime Polar air masses form over ______areas.
14. Tornadoes are classified on which scales?
15. Hurricanes are classified on which scales?
16. List 3 things that CAN be caused by thunderstorms?
1 2 3
17. Wind always flows from ______pressure to ______pressure
18. Summers in the Southwest United States are hot and dry because of what air mass?
19. The ______is the low-pressure area of a hurricane.
20. ______is the rapid heating of the air around a lightning bolt.
Use the diagrams below to answer the following questions
26. Which area of the United States is most likely to experience SHORT term periods of precipitation?
27. Which city is most likely experiencing precipitation Salt Lake City or Cheyenne?
28. Which city is having warmer temperatures Memphis or Atlanta?
29. What is the air pressure at point B?
30. What kind of weather would you expect at point C?
Open Ended: After reading the following answer the questions that follow.
From 1950 to 1952, tropical cyclones of the North Atlantic Ocean were identified by the phonetic alphabet (Able-Baker-Charlie-etc.), but in 1953 the US Weather Bureau switched to women's names. The rest of the world eventually caught on, and naming rights now go by the World Meteorological Organization, which uses different sets of names depending on the part of the world the storm is in. Around the U.S., only women's names were used until 1979, when it was decided that they should alternate a list that included men's names too. There's 6 different name lists that alternate each year. If a hurricane does significant damage, its name is retired and replaced with another.
31. Hurricane Barbara is currently affecting the Florida coast. Come up with the next three possible hurricane names.
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Fujita Scale of Tornado Intensity
SCALE / WIND SPEED / POSSIBLE DAMAGE / Enhanced,Operational
Fujita Scale
F0 / 40-72 mph / Light damage: Branches broken off trees; minor roof damage / EFO
65-85 mph
F1 / 73-112 mph / Moderate damage: Trees snapped; mobile home pushed off foundations; roofs damaged / EF1
86-110 mph
F2 / 113-157 mph / Considerable damage: Mobile homes demolished; trees uprooted; strong built homes unroofed / EF2
111-135 mph
F3 / 158-206 mph / Severe damage: Trains overturned; cars lifted off the ground; strong built homes have outside walls blown away / EF3
136-165 mph
F4 / 207-260 mph / Devastating damage: Houses leveled leaving piles of debris; cars thrown 300 yards or more in the air / EF4
166-200 mph
F5 / 261-318 mph / Incredible damage: Strongly built homes completely blown away; automobile-sized missiles generated / EF5
over 200 mph
32. Use the Fujita Scale Chart above to determine what level of tornado caused the damage described in the following statement and give a reason for why you chose that rating:
“I went to find my car and could look inside of my neighbor’s brick house. It was like all the outside walls were gone and I could see into her living room. I finally got to my car and it was upside down on its roof”.