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Air masses
Fronts
Predicting Weather
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The Continental Arctic
What is the coldest air mass?
100
Warm front
What front causes light precipitation for a long period of time?
100
There will be light precipitation for a long time.
If a warm front is coming, what will happen?
100
Over water.
Where do hurricanes form?
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134 degrees F.
What was the hottest temperature ever?
200
Warm ocean air.
What kind of air is maritime tropical?
200
A front that causes heavy precipitation for a long period of time.
What is a stationary front?
200
Heavy precipitation for a long period of time.
What will happen if a stationary front is over you?
200
A large tropical storm that forms over the ocean.
What is a hurricane?
200
In Vostok, Antarctica
Where was the coldest temperature ever?
300
Continental: Made on land Maritime: Made on sea
What is the difference between a maritime air mass and a continental air mass?
300
A cold front
What causes a thunderstorm?
300
High pressure to low pressure areas attempting to equalize
What causes wind?
300
An electric bolt that comes down from the sky during thunderstorms.
What is lightning?
300
February
What month did the coldest ever recorded temperature in Canada take place in?
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A front that a warm and a cold air mass gets caught
What is an occluded front?
400
The air is denser in cool air.
Why is a cold front heavier than a warm front?
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The rain will start being snow, hail, or sleet.
What will happen if it is raining and the air dips below 32 degrees?
400
A tornado.
What is a powerful type of wind that creates a spinning funnel?
400
-81 degrees
What was the coldest ever temperature in North America in the past 200 years?
500
Continental polar
What is the correct spelling of cahntinnentahl poller?
500
A stationary front.
What is formed when a warm air mass slams into a cool air mass?
500
Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Occluded Front
What are the four types of fronts?
500
You hear lightning first.
What do you hear first in a thunderstorm? Thunder, or lightning?
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Positive 256 degrees.
What is the coldest temperature ever, in degrees, multiplied by -2?