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| a large body of air covering hundreds of square kilometers thT HAS A RELATIVELY UNIFORM TEMPERATURE presure and humididty | air mass
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| an area of relatively higher atmospheric pressure. it typically contains a clockwised rotation wind system in the northern hemisphere | anticyclone
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| an air mass that is colder thanthe surface over which it moves. | cold air mass
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| the advancing surface of a cold air mass as it moves under a warmer air mass | cold front
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| in generaL a system centered on a low pressure area surrounded by a wind circulation pattern spiraling clockwise inthe northern hemispere anf clockwise in the southern hemispereclockwise. | cyclone
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| cyclone(hurricane)
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| a permanent low pressure belt of usually windless air near the equator caused by the vertical rising of warm air | doldrums
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| the circular center of low pressure in a hurricane that is characterized by fe clouds, relative calm, and vertical air movement | eye
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| lightning consisting of branches connectec to the mainstroke | forked lightning
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| a high altitude wind that is controlled by the relative relative influence of pressure gradient force and the coriolis affect | geostrophic wind
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| hurricane
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| jet stream
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| land breeze
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| lightning
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| lightning rod
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| monsoon
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| mountain breeze
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| occluded front
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| prevailing westerlies
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| polar easterlies
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| polar high
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| return stroke
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| source region
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| squall line
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| stationary front
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| sea breeze
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| sub polar low
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| stepped leader
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| storm well
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| storm surge
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| thunderstorm
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| tornado
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| warm front
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| water spout
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