Weather Symbols And Tools Flashcards

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Air Mass

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A large body of air similar properties.

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Maritime Polar Air

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Wet and Cold

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Continental Tropical Air

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Over land and dry and war and a little bit of humidity

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Continental Polar air

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Dry and cold and over land

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Maritime Tropical Air

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Wet and warm that forms over the sea. Humid

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Fronts

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Boundaries between two air masses

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Warm Front

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Warm air mass meets and overrides a cold air mass

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Cold Front

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Cold air mass meets a warm air mass and causes it which is a warm air mass to rise

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Anemometer

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Measures wind speed

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Barometer

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Measures air pressure Low-clouds/rain. High-sunny/fair

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Radar

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Measures rain/precipitation in a storm

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Rain Gauge

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Measures how much rain has fallen

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Wind Vane

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The direction the wind is blowing from

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Hydrometer

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Measures the moisture in the air (humidity)

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Weather

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The temp outside or the conditions outside like rain, snow, hail, or other things.

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Thermometer

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Tool used to measure temperatures

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Climate

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Certain weather conditions in an area

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Stationary Front

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Cold air mass meets a warm air mass and collides and creates little movement.

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Occluded Front

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A cold air mass overtakes a slower moving warm air mass and forcing warm air up. The cold air moves till it meets another cold air mass.