Weather in General
Atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a certain place at a certain time.
What is Weather?
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A violent, whirling column of air in contact with the ground.
What is a tornado?
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When you feel unsafe you go in case of emergencies or when needing shelter.
What is a safe place?
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Detailed computer programs that solve a set of complex mathematical formulas.
What are computer models?
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Forms when a Colder air mass moves toward a warmer air mass.
What is a Cold front?
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The series of natural processes by which water continually moves among oceans, land, and the atmosphere.
What is the Water Cycle?
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When a thunderstorms updrafts begin to rotate, they can form.
What is the formation of tornadoes?
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Essentials for when danerous things occur and can have things for a first aid.
What is an emergency kit?
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Lines that connect all places on a map where pressure has the same value.
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Forms when less dense, warmer air moves toward colder, denser air.
What is a Warm front?
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Large bodies of air that have uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
What are air masses?
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The area in the central United States, from Nebraska to Texas, experiences the most tornadoes is nicknamed.
What is tornado alley?
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Everyone knows where you are and you know where you are so you can go to the right place.
What is a safety plan?
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Wind, temperature, and humidity conditions above Earth's surface.
What is an upper-air report?
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Warm fronts move out and cold fronts move in.
What is the difference between warm and cold fronts?
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Describes a set of weather measurements made on Earth's surface.
What is a surface report?
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A method based on the damage that was develped by Dr. Ted Fujita.
What is the classification of tornadoes?
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A sign of severe weather is already occuring.
What is a warnig in U.S. National Weather Service.
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A specialized type of radar that can detect precipitation as well as the movement of small particles, which can be used to approximate wind speed.
What is a Doppler radar?
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Forms when cold fronts move faster than warm fronts.
What is an occluded front?
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Lines that connect all places on a map where pressure has the same value.
What are isobars?
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The things included in these are debris, air inflow, funnel, rotating updrafts, and then air outflow.
What are the parts of a torndoe?
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A sign severe weather is possible.
What is a watch in U.S. National weather service?
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Diagram that displays data from many different weather measurements for a particular location.
What is a station model?
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Forms when fronts stall for a period of time, with one side of it being warm and the other being cold.
What is a Stationary front?
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