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The level of the cirrostratus cloud
What is high-level?
The type of air mass which is cold and dry
What is continental polar?
The process in which rain forms from melted snowflakes
What is the Bergeron-Findeisen process?
Consists of large drops of liquid water
What is rain?
Billowy, low-level clouds with flat bases
What is a cumulus cloud?
Ice crystals, usually in geometric shapes
What is snow?
The way rain usually forms in tropical areas
What is unusually large cloud droplets stick together and grow larger?
Layers of glaze and rime
What is hail?
Uneven heat distribution causes
What is weather?
A frontal cyclone draws its energy
What is a warm air mass?
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The type of air mass which forms over the Caribbean Sea
What is a maritime tropical?
The mid-level clouds which are known for covering the sky and producing steady precipitation
What are nimbostratus clouds?
The reason condensation nuclei are needed for clouds to form
What is water vapor usually requires a surface to turn into liquid water?
Forms as balls of ice are blown by a thunderstorm updraft
What is hail?
The type of front a frontal cyclone usually begins with
What is a stationary front?
A brief but intense snowfall
What is a snow squall?
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The kind of snow which forms when small and powdery snowflakes do not stick to objects
What is a dry snow?
Raindrops that freeze on their way to the ground form
What is sleet?
The general term for fog that forms when air near the ground cools rapidly on a clear night
What is radiation fog?
Mid-level clouds that have a puffy appearance and often appear as rows
What are altocumulus clouds?
A lack of precipitation that affects an area's crops is called
What is agricultural?
Lens-shaped clouds that often form near mountains
What are lenticular clouds?
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Two unmoving air masses of different temperatures form
What is a stationary front?
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The ratio of the amount of water in the air to the amount of water in saturated air
What is relative humidity?
Which of the following: moving air, less water vapor, added insolation or cooler temperatures, increases the rate of condensation
What is cooler temperatures?
A "mackerel sky" occurs when rows of these clouds form a pattern resembling fish scales
What is cirrocumulus clouds?
The way an occluded front forms
What is a cold front overtakes a warm front?
An air mass that forms over the ocean is considered this kind of air mass
What is a maritime air mass?
An example of a socioeconomic drought
What is restrictions on when lawns may be watered are enacted?
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The type of fog which is most likely to occur when a land breeze blows cold, dry air over the warm ocean
What is steam fog, because it occurs when warm water evaporates into cold air?