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What is Weather
Weather Patterns
Forecasting Weather
Other
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rain, sleet, hail, snoe
What is precipitation
100
a violent, whirling wind that moves in a narrow path over land
What is a tornado
100
A person who studies weather
What is a meteorologist
100
A large, swirling, low pressure that forms over tropical oceans
What is a hurricane
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The amount of water vapor held in air
What is humidity
200
warm, cold, occluded, or stationary
What is are types of fronts
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A line drawn to connect points of of equal atmospheric pressure
What is isobar
200
Thunderstorms, Tornadoes and Hurricanes
What are types of severe weather
300
refers to the present state of the atmosphere and describes current conditions
What is weather
300
The boundary between 2 different air masses
What is a front
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meterologist from around the word and sattelites
What is 2 sources used for information by the National Weather Service
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stratus, cumulus, and cirrus
What are types of clouds
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Shape and height
What is cloud classification
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A large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops
What is an air mass
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Dopplar radar, computers and and instruments attached to balloons
What is used to gather data
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Warm air is forced upward, expand and cools
What is how clouds are formed
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air pressure, wind,temperature, and the amount of moisture in the air
What are the factors that determine the state of the atmosphere
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cool moist, cold, dry, cool moist, warm moist, dry,hot, warm moist
What are the 6 major air masses that affect weather
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a line that connect points of equal temperature
What is an isotherm
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The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation takes place
What is dew point