PPT-Meteorology – Jet Streams Fronts and Air Masses

Connecting the Weather Air Masses Fronts Jet Stream Quiz Midweek Seminars Meteorology Jet Streams Fronts and Air Masses Air Masses A mass of air takes on Temperature and Moisture from where the . Air streams tend to contain relatively narrow ranges of potential temperature and wet bulb potential temperature w peculiar R isentropic analyses for synoptic scale weather systems tend to show well defined air streams which are identified by nam AOS 101 Weather and Climate. Lisha. M. . Roubert. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences. Fronts: The Boundaries between Air Masses. A front is defined as the transition zone between two air masses of different density. . 8. th. Grade. Definition. Weather front – The area where two air masses meet and do not mix.. Front and Weather. Different types of fronts produce different patterns of weather. . There are four types of weather fronts:. 04: . Meteorology. Predicting the Weather. Why is predicting the weather important?. Why is accuracy in predicting the weather important?. Are weather predictions. always accurate?. . - let’s talk about . An . air mass. is a . huge body of air. that has similar characteristics as the area they were formed.. Air Masses are named based on where they FORMED…. . = TROPICAL. . . = . POLAR. . = . #2 IS SILLY OBVIOUSLY THER ARE BIRDS AND FISH. YES, RIVER WATER ENDS UP IN THE OCEANS. REFER TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO INCREASE DOK. ABOUT WIND. MEASURING WIND WIND AND WATER. http://. mail.colonial.net. /~. An . air mass. is a . large . pool of air having similar temperature and moisture . characteristics. . An air mass occupies thousands of square miles of the Earth's surface. Air masses are . created . 1. An air mass is a wide-spread section of the troposphere with uniform . temperature . and . humidity . (moisture). 2. The source region is the geographic location the air mass developed over. . If air settles over one location for a long time, it develops the characteristic temperature and moisture of the area.. A large body of air having nearly uniform conditions of temperature and humidity at any given altitude.. Warm air. forms over . tropical. regions near the equator. . . T- Tropical. . Cold air. . Lecture 5. AL-MUSTANSIRIYAH . UNIVERSITY . COLLEGE OF SCIENCES. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES DEPARTMENT .  . Dr. . Sama. Khalid Mohammed. SECOND . CLASS . 1. Air mass is a large body of air having nearly uniform conditions of temperature and moisture. © U.S. Coast Guard . Auxiliary Association. No attempts to add, modify or delete information contained within this document shall be made. If errors are discovered, please contact the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary’s National Training . Jet Streams, Fronts , Coriolis Effects Answer the questions in this ppt on the 4-sided worksheet that contains a copy of each question !!!!! Link for this ppt: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zNXSuYVIMHaBJBZmeDHccHDv0TY7u6t60o0Pb1mTHtA/edit?usp=sharing Lisha. M. . Roubert. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences. Fronts: The Boundaries between Air Masses. A front is defined as the transition zone between two air masses of different density. . air masses.. . An . Air Mass. is an immense body of air, some 1600+ km (~1000mi) across and 1-3 km (~.6 to 1.9mi) thick, with relatively homogeneous physical properties (density, T. . and moisture) at a given altitude..