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Weather Study Guide
Notes on weater
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cloud cover | Large middle circule |
| Wind speed | Little flag shows wind speed and direction Long line=10 knows short line=5 knots |
| Barometric Pressure | top right |
| Temperature | top left |
| Precipitation type | Middle left |
| Barometric pressure how to calculate | 1.) Put Decimal between 2nd and 3rd # 2.) put 9 if it's greater than 500 put 10 if less than 500 |
| Cold front | blue triangles on blue line, precipitation, cooler temps |
| Warm front | red semi-circles on red line, precipitation, warmer temps |
| Stationary front | upside down red semi-circles and right-side up blue triangles, long periods of precipitation |
| occluded front | alternating red semi-circles and blue triangles pointing in same direction, long periods of precipitation |
| Air mass | huge body of air that form over water or land in polar or tropical regions |
| High pressure | : fair weather and winds circulate clockwise; |
| Low Pressure | - rainy and/or stormy weather and winds circulate counter-clockwise |
| Hurricane | ow pressure tropical storm that forms over warm ocean water |