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What type of weather does a low pressure system bring

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Stormy weather

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Where does a hurricane form?

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Over warm ocean water

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What Two things define an air mass?

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Moisture and temperature

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What type of front forms when a warm air mass pushes a cold air mass?

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Warm front

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Where does a continental tropical air mass form?

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Over land Near the equator

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What type of front/system are clear skies and gentle breezed usually associated with

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High pressure system

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What are some effects of storm surge

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Heavy flooding

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How do thunderstorms begin to form

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The air will start to cool as it rises

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What are some sources of danger usually associated with both thunderstorms and winter storms

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Lighting and ice

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What are some effects of storm surge?

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Heavy flooding

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What is useful for studying cloud coverage?

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Satellite images

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What type of storm/weather would occurs often in a southern state on the ocean such as Florida

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Thunderstorms

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What does a bolt of lightening produce

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Electricity

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What type of tornado is the rarest

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Category 5

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What do individual isobars on a weather map do?

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Represent a single pressure volume

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When isobars on a weather map are close together what do they usually indicate

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A difference in air pressure

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What is some source of weather data used by meteorologist

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Satellites, rain gauge, radar stations

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Where is maritime tropical air mass formed

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Over the ocean near the equator

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Describe the air mention in a low pressure system

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Air moves around and inward towards lowest pressure and then up to a higher altitudes

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What are some effects of a thunderstorm

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Lightning flash flooding and hail

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What type of condition would be shown on a special map rather than on a general weather map?

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Wind and amount of pollution

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What is the name is the scale that measures the intensity of hurricanes

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The saffir simpson hurricane wind scale

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What is the name of the scale that measures the intensity of tornadoes

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Enhance fujitata scale

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