Learning Targets The Causes of Weather I Can: –Distinguish between weather and climate –Explain how and why air masses form.
Weather Fronts
Unit 5 – The Atmosphere Chapters 11, 12, 13 Vocabulary 1.Atmosphere 2.Temperature 3.Humidity 4.Relative humidity 5.Dew point 6.Condensation nuclei 7.Orographic.
Air Masses and Fronts. What is an Air Mass? Air masses are large bodies of air which have similar temperature and moisture characteristics. Air masses.
The Atmosphere What is the atmosphere made of? 78% is nitrogen 21% is oxygen The remaining 1% consists of the following: argon, hydrogen, carbon dioxide,
Weather Chapter 14 Science 1206. 14.2 Weather Systems Weather systems are a set of temperature, wind, pressure, and moisture conditions for a certain.
Air and the Sun * Weather reporter meteorologist wind, air pressure, and temperature. * Weather starts with the sun; source of heat. * Sun’s rays.
Air Masses and Fronts Synoptic Weather Maps. What is an Air Mass? Air masses are large bodies of air which have similar temperature and moisture characteristics.
Chapter 8: Air Masses and Fronts. Introduction Air masses have uniform temperature and humidity characteristics –They affect vast areas Fronts are boundaries.
AIR MASSES & FRONTS. Air Masses A large body of air with similar temperature and moisture. Air masses form over large land or water masses and are named.
The Atmosphere
How do the blizzards from?. Review of last lecture Tropical climate: Mean state: The two basic regions of SST? Which region has stronger rainfall? What.
