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Lines on a weather map that connect points with equal air pressure.
What are isobars?
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The distance north or south over the equator.
What is latitude?
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The warm water current that brings warmer weather to the east coast of North America.
What is the Gulf Stream?
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The cool water current that brings cooler temperatures to the west coast of the United States.
What is the California Current?
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Air masses meet at a ___________.
What is a front?
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When cold air moves under warm air, often bringing in drier air.
What is a cold front?
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The average weather pattern over a region.
What is climate?
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In a high pressure system, the highest air pressure is in the __________.
What is center?
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A front that often brings light, steady rain or snow.
What is a stationary front?
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In a low pressure system, isobar readings (increase, decrease) toward the center.
What is decrease?
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A weather system where air movement flows from the center in a clockwise direction.
What is high pressure?
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In a weather system when air movement flows inward in a counterclockwise direction.
What is low pressure?
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The type of front that would bring a drop in temperature and a storm with heavy rains.
What is a cold front?
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The two main factors that determine the climate zone.
What is temperature and precipitation?
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Air masses that form over land tend to be _______.
What is dry?
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A weather pattern of hot summers, cold winters, and low annual precipitation.
What is a continental climate?
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Technology that provides information about weather from space.
What is a weahter satellite?
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An air mass that forms overs the ocean is always __________.
What is humid?
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Warm summers, mild winters, and they usually have a high annual precipitation.
What is maritime climate?
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Takes weather readings as it rises high up into the Earth's atmosphere.
What is a weather balloon?
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A large region of the atmosphere in which the air has similar properties throughout.
What is an air mass?
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When warm air is wedged between two masses of cold air and a storm will not last for long.
What is an occluded front?
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When warm air moves in a cold air mass and brings light steady rain or snow.
What is a warm front?
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Climate is closely related to the ___________ of a specific place.
What is latitude?
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Isobars that are closely spaced together indicate that wind speeds are ___________.
What is high?
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