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Weather Predictions

TermDefinition
Water Cycle The natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation
Anticyclones A circulation of winds around of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemispheric, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
Coriolis Effect the effect the rotation of Earth has on any free-moving objects.
Tornadoes Rotating winds in the shape of a funnel cloud beneath a large storm system
Lightning the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder.
Thunderstorm a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
Cyclones Winds rotating inward to an area with low atmospheric pressure
Isotherm A line on a map connecting points having the same temperature
Isobar A line on a map connecting points having the same atmospheric pressure
Front The boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures or humidity
Warm Front Front formed when warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass.
Cold Front Front formed when cold air advances, forcing the warm air upward
Stationary Front Front formed when a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet and neither move
Occluded Front Front formed when you have warm front stuck in between two cold fronts
Air Mass A body of air with uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure
Barometer A tool to measure atmospheric pressure
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