Weather Jeopardy

Pressure Clouds Surprise!!! Predictions Air Masses 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

What is necessary in order for clouds to form? (two things)

What kind of cloud am I?

What kind of cloud am I?

Define convergence

What type of clouds will form first as a warm front passes over a cold front?

Which device is used to measure pressure?

What weather are you likely to have if the pressure is dropping?

What force causes winds to flow from high pressure to low pressure?

What weather would you predict if you smell a foul odor near a wetland that normally doesn’t smell.

Under what pressure conditions is dew likely to form Under what pressure conditions is dew likely to form? What conditions does this signal?

A hot, dry air mass would likely have what name?

Name the different types of fronts

Which type of front is shown in Eastern South Dakota?

Why does Hurley get so much snow?

Why does Death Valley get so little rain?

What’s a name for a hurricane in Australia?

What controls the direction of a flushing toilet in Australia?

Name the three most common gases in our atmosphere.

What is heat index, and what needs to be measured in order to determine it?

What causes hurricanes to strengthen? Weaken?

Name two states that are experiencing a warm front.

What kind of rain are you likely to get if the cloud level drops over a period of a day?

What conditions would lead to a significantly cooler temperature in your wet bulb hygrometer?

Daily Double

And the Question…

What impact has changing climate had on hurricanes? Why?

What kind of a front would lead to intense precipitation and thunderstorms? What could you observe on the ground that could signal this weather?

Final Jeopardy

Get unlined paper and Record your wager at the top…

Make a prediction for the weather tomorrow and provide evidence to support your prediction.