Weather Symbols & Tools Flashcards

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Air Mass

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A large body of air with similar properties

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Maritime Polar air

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Cold and humid air

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Continental Tropical air

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Warm and dry

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4
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Continental Polar air

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Cold and dry

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5
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Maritime tropical air

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Hot and humid

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6
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Fronts

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Boundaries between two air masses

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7
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Warm front

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Meets and overrides a cold air mass

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Cold front

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Cold air mass meets and causes warm air to rise

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Anemometer

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Measures wind speed

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10
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Hydrometer

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Measures moisture in air (HUMIDITY)

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Barometer

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Measures air pressure

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12
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Rain gauge

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Measures the amount of rainfall

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13
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Radar

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Measures wind and precipitation inside a storm

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Wind vane

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Measures the direction that the wind is coming from

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Thermometer

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A weather tool that measures temperature.

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