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When does Barometric Pressure have a 10? |
When it is less than 500 |
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When does Barometric Pressure have a 9? |
When it is greater than 500 |
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What are the characteristics of cold fronts? |
Fast advancing. Cumulonimbus clouds. |
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What are the characteristics of warm fronts? |
Slow increase in rain. Slow developing clouds. |
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What clouds are in a warm front? |
Nimbostratus. Stratus. Altostratus. Cirrius. |
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What happens in a cold front? |
Dense cold air forces warm air upward |
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What happens in a warm front? |
Warm air pushes cool air into a wedge and creeps upward. |
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What's a Dry Line? |
The boundary between mT and cT being pulled into a warm sector. |
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What determines the relative humidity of a dry line? |
The difference in dew point and temperature. |
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Where do tornadoes occur? |
Between two fronts with moisture and heat. |
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What determines hurricane strength? |
The difference in pressure between the outside and inside of the storm. |
