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Weather
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Term | Definition |
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Air Mass | Large body of air that has the same characteristics of temperature and moisture content as the part of Earth's surface over which it formed |
Blizzard | Winter storm that lasts at least three hours with temperatures of -12C or below, poor visibility, and winds of at least 51 km/h |
Dew Point | Temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms |
Fog | A stratus cloud that forms when air is cooled to its dew point near the ground |
Front | Boundary between two air masses with different temperatures, density, or moisture; can be cold, warm, occluded, and stationary |
Humidity | Amount of water vapor held in the air |
Hurricane | Large, severe storm that forms over tropical oceans, has winds of at least 120 km/h, and loses power when it reaches land |
Isobar | Lines drawn on a weather map that connect points having equal atmospheric pressure; also indicate the location of high and low pressure areas and can show wind speed |
Isotherm | Line drawn on a weather map that connects points having equal temperature |
Meteorologist | Studies weather and uses information from a Doppler radar, weather satellites, computers, and other instruments to make weather ,aps and provide forecasts |
Precipitation | Water falling from clouds-including rain, snow, sleet, and hail-whose form is determined by air temperature |
Relative Humidity | Measure of the amount of moisture held in the air compared with the amount it can hold at a given temperature; can range from 0% to 100% |
Station Model | indicates weather conditions at a specific location, using a combination of symbols on the map |
Tornado | Violent, whirling windstorm that corsses land in a narrow path and can result from wind shears inside a thunderhead |
Weather | State of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, determined by factors including air pressure, amount of moisture in the air, temperature, wind, and precipitation |