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unit 11 3+4
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air mass | a large body of air throughout which temperature and moisture content are similar |
front | the boundary between air masses of different densities and usually different temps |
jet stream | a narrow band of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere |
thunderstorm | a usually brief heavy storm that consists of rain strong winds lightning and thunder |
hurricane | a sever storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds are 119 |
lightning | an electric discharge that takes place between two oppositely charged surfaces such as between a cloud and the ground |
storm surge | a local rise in sea level near the shore that is caused by strong winds |
thunder | the sound caused by the rapid expansion of air along an electrical strike |
tornado | a destructive rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds and that may be visible as a funnel |