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El Nino
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1. a warm water event that occurs every 2 to 7 years that can cause dramatic climate shanges.
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anticyclone
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a high-pressure center of dry air.
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cold front
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1. rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a slowly moving warm air mass, the denser cold air slides under the warm air.
2. This forms when cold air replaces a warmer air mass. |
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continental polar
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large cold, dry air mass
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continental tropical
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hot, dry air masses formed only in the summer.
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