https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj Terms for Sections 1-5 & 7 en-us 2019-02-26 15:52:32 UTC 2019-03-01 12:14:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/80264060/cdf38ae2d21ee13c036196e76c1eb262/Backback.png 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335427428 A recording barometer. ]]> 2019-02-26 15:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335427428 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335427430 This instrument measures air pressure that has evacuated metal chambers that are sensitive to the variations of air pressure. ]]> 2019-02-26 15:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335427430 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335427431 A glass tube filled with Mercury where the height of the column is a measure of air pressure. ]]> 2019-02-26 15:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335427431 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335427433 A force applied by weight on a structure of air at a given point. ]]> 2019-02-26 15:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335427433 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335443019 Air that moves horizontally. ]]> 2019-02-26 16:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335443019 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335444719 A line drawn on a map that connects points of equal atmospheric pressure, usually corrected to sea level]]> 2019-02-26 16:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335444719 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335445855 The amount of air pressure that occurs a given distance. ]]> 2019-02-26 16:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335445855 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335448261 The deflective force of Earth's rotation on all free-moving objects which includes the atmosphere and oceans. ]]> 2019-02-26 16:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335448261 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335954767 Wind that is above the height of 600 meters and blows parallel to the isobars. ]]> 2019-02-27 15:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335954767 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335957612 Swift (120–240 kilometer per hour), high-altitude winds.]]> 2019-02-27 15:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335957612 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335958930 A low-pressure center characterized by a counterclockwise flow of air in the Northern Hemisphere. Also called a low.]]> 2019-02-27 15:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335958930 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335959763 A high-pressure center characterized by a clockwise flow of air in the Northern Hemisphere. .]]> 2019-02-27 15:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335959763 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335960461 The condition that exists when the distribution of winds in a given area results in a net horizontal inflow of air into the area. Because convergence at lower levels is associated with an upward movement of air, areas of convergent winds are regions favorable to cloud formation and precipitation.]]> 2019-02-27 15:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/335960461 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336414460 The condition that exists when the distribution of winds in a given area results in a net horizontal outflow of air from the region. In divergence at lower levels, the resulting deficit is compensated for by a downward movement of air from aloft; hence, areas of divergent winds are unfavorable to cloud formation and precipitation.]]> 2019-02-28 14:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336414460 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336416765 The net inward transport of air causes a shrinking of the area occupied by the air mass]]> 2019-02-28 14:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336416765 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336419647 The nature of the change in atmospheric pressure over the past several hours. ]]> 2019-02-28 14:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336419647 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336420821 A belt of low pressure that lies near the equator and between the subtropical highs.]]> 2019-02-28 14:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336420821 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336421333 The zone of general convergence between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere trade winds.]]> 2019-02-28 14:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336421333 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336421859 Not a continuous belt of high pressure but rather several semipermanent, anticyclonic centers characterized by subsidence and divergence located roughly between latitudes 25° and 35°.]]> 2019-02-28 14:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336421859 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336422848 Two belts of winds that blow almost constantly from easterly directions and are located on the equatorward sides of the subtropical highs.]]> 2019-02-28 14:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336422848 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336423544 The dominant west-to-east motion of the atmosphere that characterizes the regions on the poleward side of the subtropical highs.]]> 2019-02-28 14:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336423544 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336423966 In the global pattern of prevailing winds, winds that blow from the polar high toward the subpolar low. These winds, however, should not be thought of as persistent winds, such as the trade winds.]]> 2019-02-28 14:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336423966 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336424473 Low pressure located at about the latitudes of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. In the Northern Hemisphere the low takes the form of individual oceanic cells; in the Southern Hemisphere there is a deep and continuous trough of low pressure.]]> 2019-02-28 14:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336424473 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336424857 The stormy frontal zone separating air masses of polar origin from air masses of tropical origin.]]> 2019-02-28 14:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336424857 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336425230 Anticyclones that are assumed to occupy the inner polar regions and are believed to be thermally induced, at least in part.]]> 2019-02-28 14:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336425230 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336425783 Seasonal reversal of wind direction associated with large continents, especially Asia. In winter, the wind blows from land to sea; in summer, from sea to land.]]> 2019-02-28 14:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336425783 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336426465 A small-scale wind produced by a locally generated pressure gradient. Examples include land and sea breezes and mountain and valley breezes.]]> 2019-02-28 14:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336426465 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336426791 A local wind blowing from the sea during the afternoon in coastal areas.]]> 2019-02-28 14:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336426791 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336427153 A local wind blowing from land toward the water during the night in coastal areas.]]> 2019-02-28 15:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336427153 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336427600 The daily upslope winds commonly encountered in a mountain valley.]]> 2019-02-28 15:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336427600 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336428211 The nightly downslope winds commonly encountered in mountain valleys.]]> 2019-02-28 15:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336428211 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336429103 A wind blowing down the leeward side of a mountain and warming by compression.]]> 2019-02-28 15:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336429103 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336430144 Name given a chinook wind in southern California.]]> 2019-02-28 15:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336430144 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336431802 Name given to the periodic warming of the ocean that occurs in the central and eastern Pacific. ]]> 2019-02-28 15:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336431802 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336432380 An episode of strong trade winds and unusually low sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific. ]]> 2019-02-28 15:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336432380 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336433123 The seesaw pattern of atmospheric pressure change that occurs between the eastern and western Pacific. ]]> 2019-02-28 15:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336433123 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336433660 The link between the weather occurring in widely separated regions of the globe.]]> 2019-02-28 15:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336433660 2019paul_brianna https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336434322 National Weather Service predictions for periods from 1 to 13 months into the future ]]> 2019-02-28 15:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2019paul_brianna/exi6rgvswpuj/wish/336434322