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| large body of air that has properties similar to earths surface over which it forms ex moist dry cold warm |
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| high and low pressure systems |
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high is rotate clockwise and good weather
low is rotate clockwise and poor weather rain storms |
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| boundary between two air masses- always precipitation at fronts |
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| cold air advances plows under towards warm air |
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| warm air advances plows over cold air |
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| neither one advances stalemate |
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| severe rain storms cumulonimbus clouds |
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| flooding strong winds and hail |
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| rapid up and down movement of air causes buildup of charge like static electricity cumulonimbus cloud |
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| heating up of air by lightning |
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| tornadoes are found in..... |
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| severe thunderstorms cumulonimbus |
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| area in Midwest where 90 percent of earths tornadoes occur |
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| in tornadoes wind can reach up to... |
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| fujita scale is from what through what |
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| what are the most powerful storms |
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| form over and fueled by warm water Atlantic and pacific |
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| tornadoes loose power when |
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| hurricane winds over 74 mph |
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| five categories of hurricanes |
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| what are severe winter storms |
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| what do blizzards need to have |
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| high winds, low visibility and persist for 3 hours |
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