5th Grade NC EOG Science Vocab- Weather

clouds that bring strong storms, usually anvil shaped

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

blows to the land from the sea, brings cooler air to the beach, happens during the day

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• beach breeze

• prevailing westerlies

winds that change frequently, occur low to the ground, and are unpredictable

• global winds

• prevailing winds

• westerlies

• local winds

blows to the sea from the land, happens at night

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• maritime tropical

• global winds

clouds associated with clear, nice weather, formed by ice crystals high in the atmosphere

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• cirrus

a warming of the Pacific ocean due to weak trade winds, floods/droughts occur, fish have to move, not many hurricanes

• gulf stream

• jet stream

• El Nino

• La Nina

stream of air that flows from west to east across the US, air above is cold, air below is warm

• gulf stream

• prevailing westerlies

• polar jet stream

• global winds

measures air pressure

• barometer

• anemometer

• thermometer

• wind vane

low pressure, warm oceans, moist air

• 3 things needed for a thunderstorm

• 3 things needed for a snowstorm

• 3 things needed for a monosoon

• 3 things needed for a hurricane

ocean current that brings warm moist weather up the East coast

• jet stream

• polar stream

• tropical stream

• gulf stream