1 | precipitation | | _____ | final stage of thunderstorm |
2 | Bergeron process | | _____ | funnel of air touches ground |
3 | collision-coalescence process | | _____ | funnel sucks up debris and darkens the tornado |
4 | drizzle | | _____ | tiny droplets of water usually formed in stratus clouds |
5 | sleet | | _____ | waves as high as 25 feet that hit the shoreline |
6 | freezing rain | | _____ | lines that represent constant temperature |
7 | hail | | _____ | downward rushes of air that produce high winds or tornadoes |
8 | snow | | _____ | raindrop that is blown back into cloud and freezes, can be large |
9 | dew | | _____ | raindrops that fall through a layer of cold air and form ice pellets |
10 | updraft | | _____ | responsible for most of the light and sound of a lighting strike |
11 | cumulus stage | | _____ | starts out as cold-cloud precipitation and absorbs more water as they fall |
12 | mature stage | | _____ | most pronounced feature, 10 miles wide, calm and sunny |
13 | downdrafts | | _____ | water falling from atmosphere as rain,snow,sleet or hail |
14 | dissipation stage | | _____ | tornado that is formed over the water |
15 | thunderstorm cell | | _____ | forms when air near the surface of the earth gets cool, water vapor in air condenses into liquid |
16 | insulator | | _____ | rotating winds of 23 mph |
17 | stepped leader | | _____ | a substance that does not conduct electricity very well |
18 | return stroke | | _____ | one updraft system and one thundercloud, one storm can have several cells |
19 | whirl stage | | _____ | tornado gets smaller |
20 | organizing stage | | _____ | beginning of thunderstorm |
21 | mature stage | | _____ | surround the eye wall(edge of eye) |
22 | shrinking stage | | _____ | raindrops that fall through a layer of air and freeze when hitting the ground |
23 | decaying stage | | _____ | jerky movement of negative charges towards the earth |
24 | waterspout | | _____ | line on weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure |
25 | dust devil | | _____ | first stage of tornado |
26 | tropical cyclones | | _____ | provides meteorologists with data regarding cloud cover and types of clouds |
27 | tropical depression | | _____ | part of thunderstorm that produces rain, thunder, lightening or hail |
28 | tropical storm | | _____ | rotating winds of 39 mph |
29 | eye | | _____ | tornado is no longer visible and dies out |
30 | rain bands | | _____ | weak tornado, small and does not last long |
31 | storm surge | | _____ | data from satellites and data on the ground compiled |
32 | Radar | | _____ | theory that rain is formed in warm clouds |
33 | Doppler radar | | _____ | a current of rising air |
34 | weather map | | _____ | theory that rain is formed in cold clouds |
35 | isobars | | _____ | analyzes wavelength between outgoing and returning waves |
36 | isotherms | | _____ | start in tropics,size is larger than a tornado-100 miles wide, winds 74 mph |