most violent of all storms; small area of impact for a relatively short time; rotating, very low pressure funnel that hangs from the clouds
heavy rainstorms accompanied by thunder and lightening
storm with winds of at lease 35 mph with lots of falling or blowing snow
movement of air masses along the polar fronts result in the formation of low pressure storms associated with thunderstorms, tornados and ahil
large summer and fall storms that form over tropical waters with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour
violent or severe disturbance of the atmosphere that usually creates dangerous, destructive or unpleasant conditions on Earth's surface
storm
thunderstorms
hurricane
tornado
cyclonic storms
blizzard
symbol that represents a site's weather variables for a specific time of day
as air temperature gets closer to the dew point
greater the air pressure gradient
as temperature increases
rapidly falling air pressure indicates
chance
reflects electromagnetic waves to give information about precipitation and clouds
visual and infrared images from space that show location and size of storms
satellite images
air pressure decreases
chance of precipitation increases
probability
higher the wind speeds
station model
storm approaching
radar
southwest wind, mostly cloudy
southeast wind between 15 and 20 mph; mostly cloudy
northeast wind between 20-25 mph
southeast wind with a barometric pressure of 1000.2
northwest wind, completely cloudy
