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Air Masses
Frontal Boundaries
Hurricanes
Weather Forecasting instruments
Weather Maps
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air mass (def)
What is a large body of air where the temperature and moisture content are the same throughout.
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Front (frontal boundary definition)
What is the boundary between air masses that have different densities and temperatures?
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2012 major Hurricane that devastated the coasts of NJ, NY and CT.
What is Hurricane Sandy?
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An instrument that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
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Pressure that brings about bad weather
What is Low pressure?
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The majority of cold air in the United States comes from these three types of cold air masses.
What is a Polar air mass
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When a typical cold front and warm front meet up.
What is the cold front slides under the warm front
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Nickname given to the Halloween Hurricane of 2012 that devastated the Northeast.
What is "Frankenstorm"?
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An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer?
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Pressure that brings about good weather.
What is High Pressure?
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The majority of warm weather in the United States comes from these main types of warm air masses.
What is a Tropical air mass?
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Creates extreme storms and possibly tornadoes
What is when a large cold front slides over a warm front?
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Category levels of a hurricane from weakest to strongest.
What is Levels 1 to 5?
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Instrument that indicates wind direction
What is a wind vane?
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Represented by a red line with red half circles.
What is a warm front?
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Dry air comes from the cold or warm type of these air masses.
What is a Continental air mass?
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Stationary Front
What is a warm and cold front meeting but remaining side by side bringing long periods of cloudy/rainy weather.
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alphabetical and alternating between male and female names.
What is how hurricanes are named?
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Instrument that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
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Represented by a blue line with blue triangles.
What is a Cold Front?
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Moist air comes from the warm or cold type of these air masses.
What is a Maritime air mass?
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Cold temperatures from a cold air mass change the water vapor in a warm air mass into liquid water forming a cloud.
What is Condensation?
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*A full moon *High tide *Extreme cold temperatures *Collided and joined with a winter Blizzard
What are the reasons Hurricane Sandy was a devastating "super storm"?
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Person who collects and analyzes atmospheric conditions to make weather predictions.
What is a meteorologist?
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From High pressure to Low Pressure.
What is the direction that wind and weather systems move?