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15 Cards in this Set
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Lightning
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A sudden spark between nearby clouds
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Thunderstorm
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A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitaion
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Tornado
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A rapidly swirling funnel shaped cloud that forms from storm clouds
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Air mass
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A huge body of air that has a similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
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Tropical
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a warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure
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Polar
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A cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees north latitude or south of 50 degrees south latitude and has high air pressure
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Maritime
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When air masses form over oceans
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Continental
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When air masses form over land
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Front
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The boundary where the air masses meet
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Occluded
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Cut off, as in front where warm air mass is cuaght between two cooler air masses
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Cyclone
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A swirling center of low air pressure
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Anticyclone
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A high-pressure center of dry air
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Hurricane
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A tropical storm that has winds of about 119 kilometers per hour or higher
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Storm Surge
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A "dome" of water that sweeps accross the coast where a hurricane lands
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Evacuate
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To move away from an area temporarily to avoid hurricane conditions
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