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air mass frenzy

vocab Chap 11

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a large body of air with uniform density and temperature air mass
the region that a air mass forms source region
when warm air gets rid of a cold air mass warm air mass
when a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass cold air mass
when two air masses of opposite temperature collide and stay stationary stationary front
the boundry of a warm air mass warm front
the boundry of a cold air mass cold front
the line in which the storms happen between two opposite air masses squall line
when two cold air masses converge on one warm air mass and trap it occuled front
when rain is pushed back and forth over aisa creating a lot of rain monsoon
the change from pressures high to low and vis versa. pressure gradient force
high altitude winds that are balanced by the pressure gradiet force. geostropic wind
wind that travels from high pressure to low pressure causing it to spin clockwise. cyclone
wind that travels from low pressure to high pressure causing it to spin counter clockwise. anticyclone
high altitude wibds that are strong and help or hinder planes jet stream
a breeze that comes from the sea sea breeze
a breeze that comes from the land land breeze
a breeze that comes between the valley valley breeze
a breeze that comes down a mountain mountain breeze
winds that blow west by the corialis effect trade winds
portions of upper and lower winds that flow to the pole at 30 degrees latitude that are deflected east preavailing westerlies
air that circles the world at the equater doldurms
winds that are at 30 degrees north or south latitude horse latitudes
where the easterlies and westerlies meet at 60 degreese latitude subpolar low
at the poles where falling wind creates a strong wind polar high
large storms that produce lots of wind lighting and cause damage. thunder storms
large clouds that hold thunder storms thunderhead
super heated charge of electricity that shoots from the sky and hits earth. lighting
a small bolt of lighting that forms off of the main bolt stepeed leader
a path of light that the lightning can shoot back up. return stroke
big branched bolt of lightning forked lightning
a narrow funnle of wind that can pick up objects and remove them tornado
a tornado that forms in the water waterspout
a large funnle of air that brings high winds and lots of rain hurricane
a name for hurricane in the western pacific typhoon
a name for hurricane in the indian ocean cyclone (hurricane)
the center of the hurricane ussually peaceful eye
huge waves produced by high winds storm swell
higher than normal water levels storm surge
a piece of conductive metal that gets struck by lightning and grounds it. lightning rod
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