heavy rainstorms accompanied by thunder and lightening
movement of air masses along the polar fronts result in the formation of low pressure storms associated with thunderstorms, tornados and ahil
storm with winds of at lease 35 mph with lots of falling or blowing snow
most violent of all storms; small area of impact for a relatively short time; rotating, very low pressure funnel that hangs from the clouds
violent or severe disturbance of the atmosphere that usually creates dangerous, destructive or unpleasant conditions on Earth's surface
large summer and fall storms that form over tropical waters with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour
cyclonic storms
thunderstorms
storm
tornado
blizzard
hurricane
greater the air pressure gradient
as air temperature gets closer to the dew point
visual and infrared images from space that show location and size of storms
symbol that represents a site's weather variables for a specific time of day
reflects electromagnetic waves to give information about precipitation and clouds
as temperature increases
chance
rapidly falling air pressure indicates
higher the wind speeds
storm approaching
chance of precipitation increases
air pressure decreases
probability
station model
radar
satellite images
northwest wind, completely cloudy
southwest wind, mostly cloudy
northeast wind between 20-25 mph
southeast wind with a barometric pressure of 1000.2
southeast wind between 15 and 20 mph; mostly cloudy