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fronts & storms

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FASTEST MOVING FRONT COLD FRONT
FRONT WITH GREATEST RISK OF FLOODING STATIONARY FRONT
WARM AIR MASS IS LIFTED OFF GROUND BY TWO COLD AIR MASSES OCCLUDED FRONT
WEATHER WITH __ FRONT = CUMULUS & CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS, THUNDERSTORMS COLD FRONT
WEATHER AFTER __ FRONT = WARMER, CLEAR WEATHER WARM FRONT
WEATHER WITH __ FRONT = HEAVY SNOWFALL, COLDER TEMPERATURES OCCLUDED FRONT
NEITHER AIR MASS HAS ENOUGH ENERGY TO PUSH THE OTHER AIR MASS STATIONARY FRONT
WEATHER WITH __ FRONT = STRATUS CLOUDS, GREY, RAINY DAYS WARM FRONT
WEATHER AFTER __ FRONT = COOLER, CLEAR WEATHER COLD FRONT
WARM AIR MASS CLIMBS OVER COLD AIR MASS WARM FRONT
CAUSES ABRUPT CHANGES IN THE WEATHER COLD FRONT
WEATHER WITH __ FRONT = SEVERAL DAYS OF RAIN STATIONARY FRONT
MORNING IS WARM & PARTLY CLOUDY, AFTERNOON IS WINDY & RAINY, EVENING IS CLEAR, VERY COLD & WINDY -- WHAT FRONT WENT THROUGH? COLD FRONT
WHICH GLOBAL WINDS HAVE GREATEST EFFECT ON U.S. WEATHER? PREVAILING WESTERLIES
WHICH WEATHER SYSTEM IS MOST LIKELY TO AFFECT GEORGIA IN THE NEXT 36 HOURS: THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSISSIPPI, HIGH TEMPS & CLEAR SKIES IN FLORIDA, SNOW IN OHIO OR DRIZZLY RAIN AND FOG IN WASHINGTON? THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSISSIPPI (DUE TO PREVAILING WESTERLIES THAT MOVE WEATHER SYSTEMS FROM WEST TO EAST)
WHICH COMES FIRST - LIGHTNING OR THUNDER? LIGHTNING (LIGHTNING CAUSES THUNDER)
WHICH CLOUDS PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS & TORNADOES? CUMULONIMBUS
WHICH STORM GETS ITS ENERGY FROM TROPICAL (WARM) OCEAN WATER? HURRICANES
WHICH STORM PRODUCES THE EARTH'S FASTEST WINDS? TORNADOES
WHICH STORM HAS A CALM CENTER? HURRICANE (THE EYE)
__ ARE CHARACTERIZED BY LOW AIR PRESSURE ALL 3 STORMS! (THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES AND HURRICANES)
WHAT CAUSES A STORM'S CHARACTERISTIC LOW AIR PRESSURE? RISING, WARM HUMID AIR
WHICH STORM HAS A FUNNEL CLOUD? TORNADO
WHICH STORM HAS A "STORM SURGE" - A WALL OF WATER THAT CAUSES FLOODING IN COASTAL AREAS? HURRICANE
MOST OCCUR IN SPRING & EARLY SUMMER TORNADOES
THE GREATER THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO AIR MASSES, THE __ THE WIND SPEEDS FASTER
MOST TORNADOES OCCUR IN TORNADO ALLEY BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE __ AIR MASSES FROM CANADA MEET __ AIR MASSES FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. CONTINENTAL POLAR (cP); MARITIME TROPICAL (mT)
TROPICAL STORMS DEVELOP OVER WARM OCEAN WATER & BECOME HURRICANES WHEN THEIR WIND SPEEDS REACH ___. 75 mph (120 km/hr)
LONGEST-LASTING STORM HURRICANE
HURRICANES GAIN STRENGTH OVER __ & LOSE STRENGTH OVER __ OR __. WARM OCEAN WATER; COLD OCEAN WATER OR LAND
WHICH STORM IS MORE PREDICTABLE -- HURRICANES OR TORNADOES? HURRICANES
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