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ch 17 & 18.1

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Huge body of air that has similar temperature,pressure,and humidity throughout air mass
warm air mass that form in tropics and has low air pressure. tropical
cold air masses that form north of 50 degrees north latitude and south of 50 degrees south latitude polar
air masses that form over oceans maritime
the area where air masses meet and do not mix front
dry air masses that form over land continental
a warm air mass that is cut-off from the ground occluded
a swirling center of low air pressure cyclones
high-pressure centers of dry air anticyclones
a violent disturbance in the air storm
a sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and the ground lightning
a rapidly whirling funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface tornado
a tropical storm that has winds up to 119km per hour or higher hurricane
a dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands storm surge
to move away temporarily evacuate
a sudden violent flood that occurs within a few hours,or even minutes of a heavy rainstorm flash flood
scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it meteorologist
an abnormal climate event that happens every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean El Nino
lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure isobar
lines on a map joining places that have the same temperature isotherm
the average, year-after-year conditions of temp., precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area climate
the side of mountains that faces the oncoming wind windward
the downwind side of mountains leeward
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