Predicting Weather Vocab '25

The border between an advancing cold air mass and a retreating warm air mass

• cold front

• warm front

• air mass

• global winds

• ocean currents

Directional movements of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface; deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences

• cold front

• warm front

• air mass

• global winds

• ocean currents

A body of air extending over a large area (1,000 miles or more) that develops and retains specific characteristics of pressure, temperature, and humidity

• cold front

• warm front

• air mass

• global winds

• ocean currents

The boundary between an advancing warm air mass and a receding cooler air mass

• cold front

• warm front

• air mass

• global winds

Winds that act as a heat transfer system due to the unequal heating of Earth’s surface

• cold front

• warm front

• air mass

• global winds

A scientist who studies weather

• weather

• weather map

• weather pattern

• meteorologist

The day-to-day state of the atmosphere

• weather

• weather map

• weather pattern

• meteorologist

A map or chart that shows the weather conditions at a specific point in time over a specific region

• weather

• weather map

• weather pattern

• meteorologist

Similar weather for a certain number of days 

• weather

• weather map

• weather pattern

• meteorologist

A prediction or estimate of future events

• forecast

• probability

• landforms

• atmosphere