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What is weather?
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The state of the atmosphere at some place and time described in terms of such quantitative variables as temperature humidity cloudiness precipitation and wind speed.
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What is NOAA?
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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What are sources of weather information?
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National weather radio, the weather channel, or SAME
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What is climate?
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weather conditions at same locality averaged over a specified area
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What does NWS stand for?
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NOAA Weather Service
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What is POES?
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Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite.
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What is GOES?
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Geostationary Operational environmental Satellite
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anitcyclones and cyclones
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an anitcyclone are high pressure systems and a cyclone is a low pressure system.
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What is air pressure?
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The weight per unit area o f a column of air that stretches upward from earths surface to the top of the atmosphere.
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Why is it important to utilize satellite imagery?
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It can help meteorologist track systems or storms, tell us how the weather is going to be.
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How does the weather move in relation to the Coriolis Effect?
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The weather may move In the direction of the winds of the Coriolis Effect.
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What is a front?
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narrow transition zone between air masses that differ in temperature, humidity, or both
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what is the use of weather radar?
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Complements the satellite surveillance of the atmosphere by locating and tacking the movement of areas of precipitation and monitoring the circulation within small weather systems such as thunderstorms.
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What is weather watch?
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issued by the NWS when hazardous weather is considered possible.
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What is weather warning?
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Issued by the NWS when hazardous weather is imminent.
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what is a cloud?
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visible suspension of minute water droplets
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