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What is weahter?
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The state of the atmosphere at some place and time.
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What is meterology?
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The study of the atmosphere and the processe that cause weahter.
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What is climate?
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Weahter conditions at some locally averaged over a speified time period.
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What is Climatology?
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The study of climate.
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What does NOAA stand for?
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Nation Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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What is the difference between weahter and climate.
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Weahter is the condition of the atomosphere at a certain time and place, and climate is the average temperature and weather over a long period of time in a region.
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What is a subsatellite point?
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The point on Earth that a satellite is over.
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Pressure Systems?
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Two types of, high and low. Highs=anti-cyclones,low= cyclones
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air pressure?
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the weight per unit area of a column of air that stretches upward from the Earth's surface to the top of the atmosphere.
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What are sources of weather info?
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cable tv, reading local or national newspapers, radio, and Nwr.
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What is a front?
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A narrow zone between air masses that differ in temp, humidity, or both.
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What is the acronym for GOES?
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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.
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What is the acronym for POES?
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Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite.
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Dewpoint?
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The temp to which air must be cooled at constant pressure to become saturated with water vapor and for dew to begin forming on relatively cold surfaces.
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What is a stationary front?
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A front that does not move from a certain region, for a period of time.
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What is a warm front?
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A front that moves northward.
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