Weather Patterns, Alex Greer & Lisa Carpenter <3

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Air Mass

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A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height

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Tropical

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It's warm, air masses form in the tropics and have low air pressure.

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Polar

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Cold, air masses form north of 50 degrees north latitude and south of 50 degrees south latitude.

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Maritime

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Air masses form whether it forms over water or land.

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Continental

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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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The warm air mass is cut off

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Cyclone

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A swriling center of low air pressure

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Anticyclone

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Are highpressure centers of dry air.

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Storm

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Is a violent disturance in the atmosphere

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Thunderstorms

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is a small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning

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Lightning

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Is a sudden spark or elctrical disharge as these charges jump between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds or between a cloud and the ground

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Tornado

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is a rapidly whirling funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud

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Hurricane

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It is a tropical cyclone that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher.

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Storm Surge

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It is a “dome” of water that sweeps across the coast where the hurricane lands.

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Meteorologists

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They are scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it.

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Isobars

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They are lines joining places on the map that have the same air pressure.

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Isotherms

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They are lines joining places that have the same temperature.