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8Sci CH 8 Weather

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Air Mass large body of air whose temperature and amount of moisture depends on the surface (Earth) over which it developed
Dew Point temperature in which water vapor in saturated air begins to condense
Front boundary resulting from the collision between moving air masses
Front produces weather events such as rain, snow, or violent storms (depending on type of air mass front meets)
Hurricane intense, highly destructive storm
Hurricane low pressure system over a warm, moist tropical ocean
Hurricane very high intense, high winds and possible torrential rains
Hurricane weakens when reaches land
Saturated 100 percent relative humidity of air
Saturated occurs when air cannot hold additional moisture at a specific temperature
Tornado violent, funnel-shaped storm from a low pressure system
Tornado highly destructive,short-lasting, moves over land in narrow path
Wind moving air
Torrential Rain air pouring or flowing fast, violently or heavily
Weather Forecaster a person who predicts the weather
Weather Forecast prediction of the weather
Station Model symbolic illustration showing weather occurring at a given weather station
Cloud Seeding method used to make a cloud give up moisture
Occluded to force air upward from Earth’s surface
Occluded when a cold front overtakes and undercuts a warm front
Barometric Pressure pressure exerted by Earth’s atmosphere at any given point
Nimbus dark-grey, rain-bearing cloud
Stratus cloud with gray, horizontal layer with uniform base
Cumulus dense, white, fluffy, flat-based cloud with multiple rounded top and well defined outline
Cirrus thin, wispy, fibrous cloud at high altitudes; made of ice particles
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