Weather - Chapter 16

The amount of water vapor in the air.

• Precipitation
• Humidity
• Dew Point
• Weather

Means severe weather conditions already exist - take precautions.

• warning
• watch
• thunderstorm
• tornado

Means conditions are favorable for severe weather to develop

• warning
• watch
• thunderstorm
• tornado

Violent, whirling wind associated with thunderstorms.

• hurricane
• blizzard
• tornado
• front

Lines connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure.

• Isotherm
• Isobar
• Weather Vane
• Front

Person who studies weather

• Weatherman
• Astronomer
• Meteorologist
• Paleontologist 

Stratus cloud that forms near the ground

• Fog
• Cumulonimbus
• Cirrus
• Cumulus

Includes rain, snow, sleet and hail

• dew point
• precipitation
• thunderstorm
• hurricane

Severe storms that form over tropical oceans.

• Hurricane
• Tornado
• Fog
• Thunderstorm

Boundary formed between two colliding air masses.

• Air mass
• Weather
• Front
• Station model