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| Scientists classify air masses according to ____ and _____. |
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| What does maritime tropical mean? |
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| warm and humid (west coast of U.S.) |
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| What does maritime polar mean? |
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| What does continental tropical mean? |
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| warm and dry (example Northern Mexico) |
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| What does Continental polar mean? |
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| cold and dry (northern U.S. in winter) |
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| A rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a slowly moving warm air mass. |
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| A moving warm air mass collide with a slowly moving cold air mass. |
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| What is a stationary front? |
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| A cold air mass and a warm air mass meet and remain stalled over an area (no movement) |
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| What is an occluded front? |
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| A warm air mass is caught between 2 cooler air masses. |
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| What type of weather is associated with a cyclone? |
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| Cyclone is decreasing air pressure and is associated with storms and precipitation. |
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t/f
winds in an anticyclone spin CLOCKWISE in the northern hemisphere. |
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| what type of weather is associated with an anticyclone? |
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| With anticyclones you can expect a dry, clear day. |
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| What is the difference between cyclones and anticyclones? |
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| The direction of the winds. |
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