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| Maritime Polar air masses |
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| Cold, humid air masses that bring fog to the West Coast |
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| The safest place to be during a tornado is |
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| Form in the same kind of cloud as thunderstorms |
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| Join places on a weather map with the same AIR PRESSURE |
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| Continental Polar air masses |
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| Cold, dry air affecting the northern U.S. in winter |
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| A funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth's surface |
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| Weather forecasting has improved recently because of |
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| People who study weather and try to predict it. |
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| A line with half circles on a weather map indicates |
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| When a WARM air mass overtakes a cold air mass |
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| Form within large CUMULONIMBUS clouds |
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| Small lines at the end of the shaft that represents wind direction on a weather map indicate |
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| The eye of a hurricane is |
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| A cloud cover symbol that is 3/4 black and 1/4 white represents |
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| 70-80 percent cloud cover |
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| Places shown on a weather map with the same TEMPERATURE |
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| Do not touch objects made of METAL during a |
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| Before a hurricane occurs, people may be asked to |
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| Evacuate or leave their homes |
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| Storms that form within large cumulonimbus clouds and produce rain and lightning |
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| A long-lasting storm that begins over the warm surface of the ocean and has winds up to 119 kilometers per hour or higher |
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| Be able to identify a cold front and the direction it is moving, an isotherm and what it represents, a warm front and the direction it is moving, a stationary front, and an isobar and what it connects on a weather map. |
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| Chapter 3 Weather/Everett |
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| Rain or snow is associated with |
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| When a warm air mass & a cold air mass meet & no movement occurs |
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| A stationary front may bring |
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| Where a warm air mass is caught between 2 cooler air masses |
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