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Cumulus clouds are usually flat on the bottom, and super [fluffy](https://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cumulus.html) on top. Just like cotton candy!

The really fluffy clouds

When the [arrows](http://scied.ucar.edu/webweather/thunderstorms/make-weather-forecast) are red, they represent a warm front!

A cold front

What does this spiky blue line signify?

People from the east coast of North America are really familiar with these [doozies](http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/winter/noreaster.shtml). They can occur any time during the year, and they bring very heavy precipitation in the form of rain or snow.

A storm along the east coast of North America with winds blowing from the northeast.

The [troposphere](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/science/atmosphere-layers2.html) is the lowest, and the exosphere is the highest!

Troposphere

A tornado [_warning_](http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=spotter-wwa-definitions) means that a tornado is forming or imminent.

When conditions are favorable for storms capable of producing tornadoes.

The air around lightning is _very_ hot. This hot air expands rapidly, then as the air cools it's quickly compressed, creating the cracking sound we know as [thunder.](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-thunder/)

Lightning

Not only is it the lowest level of the [atmosphere,](http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/collateral_resources/pdf/64/0439453364_e001.pdf) but it's the place where most of our weather takes place!

Atmospheric pressure is essentially the weight of the air pressing down on the earth. Air tries to rise or sink to balance out the differences in air pressure, and that creates [wind](http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/wind/what-causes-wind)!

Differences in atmospheric pressure.

Yup, that's pretty much all there is to it. Cold fronts don't necessarily mean [cold weather](http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wcfront/wcfront.htm), though.

A transition zone where cold air replaces warm air.

A Category 1 hurricane has winds of 74-95 mph [versus](http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php) a Category 5 hurricane, which has winds of 130-156 mph.

Category 5

A tropical storm is upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane when its [winds](http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/whats-the-difference-between-a/34388) reach at least 74 mph.

A hurricane has faster winds.

Hail and snow form in the [clouds](http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-glossary/difference-between-rain-sleet-snow-32f/40615763), while freezing rain freezes when it makes contact with the ground.

Sleet

Oh wow, you REALLY disappointed Al Roker. Now you'll never know what's happening in your neck of the woods. Maybe you can redeem yourself by brushing up on your meteorology studies and trying this quiz again.

Al Roker is so disappointed in you

Alright, alright, not too shabby. You definitely managed to grab Al Roker's attention. You can always do better, though. Maybe you can study up then give this quiz another try.

You managed to get Al Roker's attention

Wow, Al Roker is so proud of you! Did you go to meteorology school or something? Though there's a lot more to meteorology than this quiz, you might just have a future in it.

You're practically Al Roker!

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