1. Notes 6 Weather --- CONTINUED

2. Dew Point – the temperature at which water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets . Dew point changes according to air temperature.

3. Clouds --- millions of water droplets that are small enough to remain suspended in the air . Classification of Cloud Shape --- Cumulus --- puffy clouds Stratus --- layer of clouds Cirrus --- thin fiberous Height Cirro ---- high altitude clouds Alto ---- middle altitude clouds Strato ---- low altitude cloud Nimbo – snow/rain producing

7. Precipitation Type Rain --- --- liquid precipitation Snow ---- frozen precipitation Sleet --- frozen precipitation that falls through warm layer and starts to melt Freezing rain --- rain that goes through cold layer and starts to freeze Hail --- frozen precipitation that forms in thunderstorms

8. Seeing weather patterns – Reading a Weather Map--- H --- blue High Pressure L --- red Low Pressure Lines around L and H isobars lines of same pressure 1.Cold front 2.Warm front 3.Occluded front: 4.Stationary front http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/mck05/mck05_int_fronts/index.html