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PRECIPITATION & STORMS & FRONTS FORM
What happens when two air masses meet?
SUPERCELLS
What is a strong rotating cloud system called that form tornados?
Wind Speed and Updraft
What factors make a tornado so destructive?
Hurricanes
What type of storm forms ONLY over the ocean?
Weather Buoy Data
What kind of data can a station model produce?
The SOURCE REGIONS
Where do air masses gain their temperature and humidity properties?
What kind of front includes a blast of cool air that comes just before the rain of a thunderstorm?
OROGRAPHIC LIFTING
What is the RAIN SHADOW EFFECT caused by?
LIGHTNING
What is a cloud-to-cloud or cloud-to-ground electrical discharge called?
CONVECTION
What is the name of something that can start a storm even on STILL DAYS?
Highest and Lowest Temperature Map
Which synoptic weather map includes all of the pressure systems, fronts, and select station models?
STATIONARY FRONT
What kind of front exists when the weather in an area stays the same for a long period of time?
SQUALL LINE
What is a LINE of VIOLENT thunderstorms called that occur along a cold front?
LAKE EFFECT SNOW
What is it called when an air mass moves across a body of water and it gains moisture and drops it as snow?
FRONT
What is the boundary between any two distinct air masses called?
COLD FRONT
Which type of front involves 2 air masses where the existing air mass RISES to make room for the incoming air mass?
WARM FRONT
What occurs when a warmer air mass replaces a colder air front?
RAIN SHADOW
What lies on the opposite side of a mountain range from an approaching air mass?
Nor'easter
What are cyclonic storms called that sweep moisture from the Atlantic and drop it as snow?
AIR MASS
What is a large body of air that has fairly uniform conditions called?
JET STREAM, PRESSURE SYSTEMS, & TRADE WINDS
What affects the path of a hurricane?
Ride out the storm!
What is the WORST thing you can do if you are in the path of a strong hurricane?
The position of the STAFF
What part of the station model indicates the wind direction?
EYEWALL