WEATHER TERMS TERM DEFINITION Hurricane a large ( several states across ), spinning, spiral shaped, flat air mass hundreds of kilometers across with speeds exceeding hundreds of kilometers per hour, typically exhisting out in the ocean Tornado a tall spinning column of air, close to a kilometer across, with air speeds of over one hundred or more kilometers per hour, usually existing over land Barometric Pressure air pressure in the atmosphere caused by the weight of the air Lightning super high wattage discharge of static electricity between the ground and clouds ( very large sparks ) Space weather conditions in space between earth and the sun, determined by discharge of energy and charged particles from the sun Humidity the relative amount of water in the form of molecules, in the air Trough a long narrow zone of low pressure which may extend across one or more states ( other weather can force it's way into this low pressure area ) Front the leading edge of a large air mass, as in cold front or warm front Ridge a long narrow zone of high pressure which may extend over more than one state ( forces other weather away ) Wind Chill how cold the air feels when the effects of temperature and wind speed are combined Top of Page Home How did you do?
(spiral; shaped close; ) (the air; Lightning; super high wattage discharge of static electricity between the ground and clouds) (other weather; can force; L:in the air) (the effects of temperature and wind speed; are combined; ) (speeds; exceeding; hundreds of kilometers per hour) (a long narrow zone of; may extend; across one or more states) (the air; feels; ) (high pressure; may extend away; Wind Chill) (the sun; determined; by discharge of energy) (( several states across ), spinning, spiral shaped, flat air mass hundreds of kilometers across with speeds exceeding hundreds of kilometers per hour, typically exhisting out in the ocean Tornado a tall spinning column of air,; existing; over land Barometric Pressure air pressure in the atmosphere; T:usually) (it; 's; way into this low pressure area) (the atmosphere; caused; by the weight of the air)
spiral the air other weather the effects of temperature and wind speed speeds a long narrow zone of the air high pressure the sun ( several states across ), spinning, spiral shaped, flat air mass hundreds of kilometers across with speeds exceeding hundreds of kilometers per hour, typically exhisting out in the ocean Tornado a tall spinning column of air, it the atmosphere
shaped close Lightning can force are combined exceeding may extend feels may extend away determined existing 's caused
super high wattage discharge of static electricity between the ground and clouds
L:in the air
hundreds of kilometers per hour
across one or more states
Wind Chill
by discharge of energy
over land Barometric Pressure air pressure in the atmosphere T:usually
way into this low pressure area
by the weight of the air