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1
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How do you measure percipitation?

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Using a rain gauge

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2
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What are clouds

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Liquid water droplets and/or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.

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3
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When do clouds form?

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Clouds form when the temperature of the air cools below the dew point, condensing water vapor.

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What do clouds also require

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Clouds also require condensation surfaces (nuclei) such as dust, aerosols, & volcanic ash.

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5
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what acronym causes clouds?

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R.E.C.C

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6
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What is fog?

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Clouds very close to the Earth’s surface.

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7
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What is visibility?

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The distance you can see along the Earth’s surface expressed in miles.

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8
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When does atmospheric transparency decrease?

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it decreases when humans add pollutants to the atmosphere

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9
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When does transparency increase?

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it increases following precipitation

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10
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What acts as a cleaner to the atmosphere?

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precipitation

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11
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What causes weather to change

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when air masses move into an area

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12
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What is air mass

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a mass of air with uniform moisture and temperature characteristics

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13
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How are air masses named?

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they are named based on their source region

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14
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What do we do to name air masses

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we consider the moisture and temperature characteristics of the region source

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15
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what are fronts?

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boundary (interface) between two air masses

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16
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description of a cold front

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advancing cold air pushes warm air up violently and quickly creating storms on the frontal boundary.

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17
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What forms in cold fronts?

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cumulonimbus clouds

18
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describe a warm front?

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advancing cold air pushes warm air up gently and slowly creating gentlestorms in ftront of the boundary.

19
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describe an occluded front

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– when two cold air masses meet they push the warm air between them upward.

20
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what do occluded fronts create?

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unpredictable weather

21
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Describe a stationary front?

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when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass and neither interact.

22
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What can stationary fronts create?

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-Can create long periods of unstable conditions.

23
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What happens at the frontal boundaries?

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Warm air is forced to rise because it is less dense. This creates convection and causes clouds to form and possibly precipitate

24
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What are Cyclones?

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low pressure systems?

25
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describe cyclones

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Lowest pressure at the center
Winds blow inward & counterclockwise
Associated with converging, warm air, cloudy, and stormy weather

26
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What are anticyclones?

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high pressure systems

27
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describe anticyclones

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Highest pressure at the center
Winds blow outward & clockwise
Associated with clear, cool, calm weather
H.O.C (High, Outward, Clockwise)

28
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Where do fronts typically move?

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southwest to northeast

29
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What are most storms associated with?

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Most storms are associated with high winds, heavy precipitation, and low pressure cyclones.

30
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What are hurricanes?

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low pressure cyclone

31
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Describe formation and fuel of hurricanes.

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Form in late summer to early fall
Form off the coast of Africa near the equator
Require warm ocean water
Low pressure
Strong winds

32
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how many stages of hurricanes are there?

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5

33
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Where are hurricanes pushed to and why?

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Hurricanes are pushed west toward the USA by the prevailing winds between 0˚ and 30˚N and bend to the right due to the Coriolis Force.

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What is the eye of the storm?

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The Eye is the center of the Low pressure storm and has the lowest pressure readings.

35
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how are conditions inside the eye

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Conditions are relatively clear and calm inside the Eye.

36
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how do hurricanes lose their streangth?

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*Hurricanes lose their strength as they move onto land or move away from warm waters.

37
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What are thunderstorms?

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A heavy rain storm accompanied by thunder and lightning

38
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What is the deadliest aspect of thunderstorms?

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The lightning is the deadliest aspect of these storms.

39
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How do thunderstorms form?

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Convection currents push warm moist air upward and cool air down.

40
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What are tornadoes

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The most violent of all storms. A tornado is a rapidly rotating, extremely low pressure storm that drops down from a thunderstorm cloud.

41
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What are the differences of tornadoes between hurricanes

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Form over land (Midwest USA)
Smaller in diameter
Faster wind speeds
Last only for minutes, not days
Winds are the most dangerous aspect

42
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what is a blizzard?

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Storms with high wind speeds and heavy snow fall.
Essentially a winter hurricane.

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