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11 Cards in this Set
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Precipitation Amount
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depth of rainfall/melted snow, usually from midnight of one day to midnight of the other. measured to one hundredth of an inch in U.S. milimeters everywhere else
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Air Pressure
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weight of a column of air, traditional instrument for measuring air pressure is
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Wind Direction/speed
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-wind direction is the compass direction from which wind blows
-wind speed tends to increas as a cold front passes |
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Sky Cover
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based on the fraction of sky covered by clouds
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Weather Watch
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issued by the National Weather Service when hazardous weather is possible
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Weather Warning
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issued by National Weather Service when hazardous weather is imminent
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G.O.E.S.
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Geostationary Operational Enviornmental Satellite
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Subsatellite Point
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direction on Earths surface directly below the satellite
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N.W.R .
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NOAA Weather Radio
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N.O.A.A .
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National oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Weather
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statae of the atmosphere in some place and time
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