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climate and weathers

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Air Mass A huge body of air that has similar temperature, pressure, and humidity throughout.
Tropical A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure.
Polar A cold air mass that forms north of 50 north latitude or south of 50 south latitude and has high air pressure.
Maritime A humid air mass that forms over ocean.
Front The area where air mass that forms over land.
Continental A dry air mass that forms over land.
Occluded Cut off, as the air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it.
Cyclones A swirling center of low air pressure.
anticyclones A high-pressure center of dry air.
storm A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
lightning A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of four spheres into which scientist divide earth.
tornado A rapidly whirling funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch earth's surface, usually leaving a destructive path.
hurricane A tropical storm that has winds of 119km per hour or higher; typically about 600km across.
storm surge A dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands.
evacuate To move away temporarily
flash flood A sudden, violent flood that occurs within a few hours, or even minutes, of a heavy rainstorm
meteorologist Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it.
El Nino An abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean, causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns that can lead to dramatic climate changes.
isobar Lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure.
isotherm Lines on a map joining places that have the same temperature.
climate The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.
windward The side of mountains that faces the on coming wind.
leeward The downwind side of mountains.
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