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Southwest U.S.
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Northwest U.S.
You Forcast
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What is the symbol called that is over the city in AZ?
a station model
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What cloud coverage is there?
partly cloudy (1/4 coverage)
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What front is described? After a night of rolling [weather], a ___ will move into the Chicago area that cold drop temperatures to the 50s along the lake this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
cold front
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What fronts are shown in OR and in MT?
cold front; warm front
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On the way to work, you notice white, puffy clouds with flat bottoms and notice it again at lunch time. You hear the radio say that the barometric pressure is steady and the temp. is 34 degrees C. What is the weather going to be like?
hot and fair
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What weather is being caused in S Texas?
A warm front is moving north, bringing clouds and drizzle.
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What special feature is shown?
snow (moderate snow)
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What weather will it bring (don't say cold!)? After a night of rolling [weather], a ___ will move into the Chicago area that cold drop temperatures to the 50s along the lake this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
thunderstorms (in this case, with hail and flash floods)
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What direction is each front traveling?
Cold front: SE; Warm front: S
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You notice threat the white, puffy clouds you saw this morning have become one massive, dark cloud. The barometer on the wall reads 28, but it read 29 this morning. What will happen?
thunderstorms
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What is the wind like at the Flagstaff weather station?
from the NW at 25 mph (knots)
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What is the wind like?
from the SW at about 15 mph
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What weather should OR expect?
Thunderstorms; then cooler weather
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You notice that the sky is cloudy with some stratus clouds. The barometer reads 28 and rising. What will the day probably be like?
cloudy but clearing
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What is the weather like in Flagstaff AZ (not the wind)?
cloudy and snowy
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What is the temperature and dew point?
temp = 55 degrees F; dew point 37 degrees F
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What weather is described? "We saw a funnel cloud. The skies turned dark and we thought the summer torrential rain was about to begin," said a resident of Yangcheng, according to a live-blog published by Sina, a web portal.
tornado
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What weather should MT expect?
cloudy with drizzle
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You notice stratus clouds. The relative humidity is 100% What is likely?
rain
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Which way is the wind blowing in this map?
SW
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What is the barometric pressure and what does it really mean?
30 and rising; The skies are clear and getting clearer.
500
What weather is described? An unusually fierce ___ ravaged an eastern Chinese city on Thursday, killing at least 98 people and injuring 800 others, catapulting cars, gingko trees and cellphone towers through the air, and reducing homes to piles of debris, the authorities said. The storm in Yangcheng, a city of 7.1 million overlooking the Yellow Sea, featured wind gusts exceeding 80 mph by some accounts.
a tornado
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What weather should WY expect?
cool, clear and windy (at least 2)
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Relative humidity is 89 and rising; barometric pressure is 27.5 and dropping; temp. is 30 degrees F. What should you expect?
snow or sleet