What is Weather?
Weather Patterns
Forecasting Weather
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The highest clouds.
What are cirrus clouds?
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A violent wind that whirls in a narrow path over the land.
What is a tornado?
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Job were one forecasts the weather using different types of data.
What is a meteorologist?
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High, white, feathery clouds, also known as mare's tail, usually associated with fair weather.
What are cirrus clouds?
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Forms where cold and warm air masses meet.
What is a front?
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The term used when air holds all the water vapor it can hold.
What is saturated?
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A large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.
What is an air mass?
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On weather maps, these connect points of equal temperature with a line.
What is an isotherm?
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One place where low pressure systems can occur.
What are fronts?
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The type of front where a violent storm generally forms.
What is a cold front?
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Rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
300
Powerful storm that forms over tropical oceans.
What is a hurricane?
300
Lines of constant or equal pressure on a weather map.
What is an isobar?
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The measure of the amount of water vapor air is holding compared to the amount that it can hold at a specific temperature.
What is relative humidity?
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Snow that melts in the air and then refreezes near the ground.
What is sleet?
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Thick, puffy white clouds associated with fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
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The build-up of positive and negative electrical charges in clouds.
What is lightning?
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Shows the weather conditions at one specific location.
What is a station model?
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One form of extreme weather, usually associated with thunderstorms, can produce winds up to 300 miles per hour.
What is a tornado?
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Low, layered gray clouds that produce drizzle.
What are stratus clouds?
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Three elements that interact together to cause weather.
What are air, water, and the sun?
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A warm, moist air mass forms over this part of the United States.
What is the southeast coast?
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This agency issues advisories for severe weather.
What is the National Weather Service?
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Reason why water can form on surfaces at night.
What is the air near the ground cools to its dew point?
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The temperature at which the cool, moist air is saturated and condensation forms.
What is the dew point?
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