accuracy, acid rain, air, air-pressure, altitude, anemometer, arctic, arid, atmosphere, avalanche, axis
balance, balloon, balmy, barometer, biting, bitter, black ice, blackout, bleak, blimp, blizzard, boreal, breezy, bright, broadcast
cataclysm, celestial, Celsius, centigrade, chemicals, chemistry, chill, circulation, cirrus, clear, clement, climate, cloudburst, cloudy, col, cold, color, composition, condensation, conditions, controversial, convection, conversion, crystals, cumulus, current, cycle, cyclone
damage, damp, decay, degree, deluge, demonstrate, density, depression, detection, devastation, dew, dew point, direction, disruption, dissipation, doldrums, Doppler radar, downpour, dreary, drizzle, droplets, drought, dry, dull, dust devils
earth science, earthquake, easterlies, eclipse, eddies, El Nino, electricity, emergency, energy, environment, erosion, eruption, evacuate, evaporation, evaporation, exposure, extreme
Fahrenheit, fall, floe, flood, flooding, fluids, flurries, Foehn, fog, force, forecast, freezing, freezing rain, frigid, front, frost, frozen, funnel
gale, gauge, gelid, glacial, global, gravity, greenhouse effect, gusty
haar, hail, hailstone, haze, headwind, heat, heat wave, high tide, hoarfrost, hot, humidity, hurricane
ice, impact, inclement, Indian Summer, inexact, influence, informative, inquiry, instruction, instruments, intermittent, interplay, inversion, investigation, isobar, isotherm
jet stream
knot
landslide, latitude, layers, lightening, liquid, longitude, low pressure, low tide
marine, maritime, measurement, melt, mercury, meteorologist, meteorology, mild, millibar, mist, mistral, moisture, monsoon, moon, movement, mud slide, muggy
natural, nature, normal, numb
observation, occluded front, occlusion, ocean, orbit, outage, overcast, ozone
pattern, physics, polar, pollution, pouring, power, precipitation, prediction, pressure, puddles
quake, quantity, query
radar, radiation, rain, rainbow, rainbow, raindrops, rainfall, rainstorm, raw, regional, regulation, report, research, rotation
satellite, saturation, scale, scorching, seasons, severe, shady, shiver, showers, sirocco, sky, sleet, slush, smog, snow, snowflakes, snowstorm, solar system, space, spring, squall, storm, stratus clouds, sub zero, summer, sunny, sunrise, sunset, sunshine, survival, swirling
technology, temperate, temperatures, tempest, thermal, thermometer, thunder, thunder clouds, thunder showers, thunderstorms, tidal wave, tilt, tornado, torrent, torrential, track, tramotane, transfer, transmission, tremor, trigger, tropical, tropics, trough, tsunami, typhoon
umbrellas, undertow, undulate, uniform, updraft, upwind
vapor, variegated, veering, velocity, violent, visibility, vital, volcanic eruption, vortex
warm, warm front, warming, warnings, watch, water cycle, waterspout, wave, weather, weather forecast, weather vane, westerly, wet, whirlwind, whiteout, wind, wind chill, wind sock, windstorm, winter, wintry
zephyr, zero-zero, zone
Weather Lesson Plans and Discussion questions
1. What are greenhouse gases?
2. Give examples of the technology that meteorologists use to track weather conditions like hurricanes etc.
3. Discuss the formation of weather fronts
4. Research the meaning of “Tornado Alley.” Why do residents of OK, KS and TX react to this term?
5. What are some causes of lightening storms, hurricanes and heat waves?
6. Four main forms of lightening strikes exist. Discuss each one and illustrate your findings. (ball, bead, sheet, streak)
7. There are three basic types of clouds. Name them and give their approximate altitude. If a cloud begins with the word “nimbus” what does that term imply?
Fact:
A hurricane does “hurry” as a tropical storm that can attain dangerous speeds. The word comes from the Carib Indians. Their storm god, Aracan, was sometimes spelled Huirancan.
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