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Stationary Front |
A front that does not m over over the ground because colliding air masses stop moving. |
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Cold Front |
occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front. Cold Fronts move more quickly because the cool air is more effective at pushing out warm air. |
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Occluded Front |
occurs when an air mass rises above other air masses and looses contact with the ground. |
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Gust Front |
the leading edge of cool air rushing down and out of a thunderstorm. |
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Orographic Lifting |
the lifting of air as is moves over mountains. |
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Isobars |
lines on a weather map indicating equal pressure. |
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Doldrum |
An area of calm weather. |
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Convergence |
the lifting of air when horizontal air currents from opposite directions collide and rise into the atmosphere. |
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convection |
heat transfer by the upward movement of a warmer, less dense fluid as it is displaced by a cooler, more dense fluid. |
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Frontal wedging |
the lifting of of a warm air mass above a cool air mass acting as a wedge. |
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Tornado |
a a destructive, localized, rapidly rotating cyclonic windstorm forming a funnel. |
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Nor'easter |
strong northeast winds blowing in from the north Atlantic, carrying moist air. |
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Winter Storms |
a storm that brings heavy snow or sleet, high winds, and/or unusually cold weather. |
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hurricane |
An immense cyclonic windstorm that forms over tropical or subtropical oceans. |
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Trade Winds |
air movements towards the equator that blow almost continuously. |
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Typhoon |
another name for a hurricane |
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Supercell |
another name for a tornado. |
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Storm swell |
when local water levels rise due to a hurricane. |
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Lightning |
an atmospheric electrical discharge that occurs either between clouds or between a cloud and the ground. |
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know signs for: rain, drizzle, thunderstorm, fog, snow, sand/dust storm, and showers |
rain= period, drizzle= comma, thunderstorm= capital R with and arrow on the end, fog= three horizontal lines stacked on top of each other, snow= asterisk, sand/dust storm= cardinal directions sign with an arrow on the up and east sides and an S with an arrow pointing right, showers= upside down triangle. |
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thunderstorm |
a rainstorm that produces lightning. thunderstorms may include hail, bursts of strong winds, and even tornadoes. |
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squall line |
a narrow band of high winds and storms associated with a cold front. |
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Land breeze |
a breeze blowing towards the sea from land especially at night, as the land cools more quickly than the sea. |
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how far does sound travel between lightning and thunder? |
.6 miles (1 KM) |
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pantheism |
nature is a god; you are a god. |
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polytheism |
there are many gods |
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naturalism |
science is a god |
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monotheism |
there is only one true god- creator. |
