clouds, precipitation, fronts
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| very high wispy clouds- made from ice crystals | show 🗑
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| show | cumulus
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| low flat clouds that cover most of the sky | show 🗑
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| show | altocumulus
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| show | nimbostratus
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| It may begin as rain, but the ground is below freezing. | show 🗑
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| show | snow
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| show | hail
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| show | cooler temperatures reaching to dew point and a particle to cling to.
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| The process of water vapor cooling and becoming a liquid form, creating clouds. | show 🗑
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| show | maritime Tropical
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| show | continental Polar
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| show | temperature and humidity
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| show | fronts
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| show | stationary fronts
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| warm air masses overtakes and rises above a cold air mass- usually brings warm humid air | show 🗑
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| show | humidity
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| percentage of water vapor in the air, compared to the actual amount there. | show 🗑
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| show | thunderstorms
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| this storm usually developes in thick cumulonimbus clouds and is a rapidly whirling funnel-shaped cloud. | show 🗑
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| most tornadoes occur here, where cold air masses from Canada meet warm, humid air masses from the Gulf of Mexico. | show 🗑
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| this long-lasting storm is fueled by warm tropical water evaporating and can have strong winds. | show 🗑
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| clouds are classified by what 2 things? | show 🗑
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| fronts are classified by what 2 things? | show 🗑
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| how warm weather will change after a cold front comes through? | show 🗑
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| What will result when clouds are above freezing, the air is also above freezing,but the ground is below freezing. | show 🗑
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| What will result if the cloud is below freezing, but the air is above freezing? | show 🗑
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| What will result if the cloud is below freezing, and the air is below freezing? | show 🗑
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| show | nimbo/nimbus
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| this prefix means "high", but are really mid-level clouds | show 🗑
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| this prefix means "VERY high" | show 🗑
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| used to measure relative humidity | show 🗑
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| show | meteorologist
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| a dome of water that occurs during hurricanes, that brings flooding. | show 🗑
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| show | rain, thunder, lightning, flash floods and tornadoes
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| What causes hurricanes to lose strength or "die out"? | show 🗑
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| Where is the best place to be for a tornado? | show 🗑
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| show | sleet
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| rain that freezes after it touches the ground | show 🗑
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| this begins as frozen water vapor, and NEVER melts | show 🗑
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| show | The sun's energy causes warm water to evaporte along the areas near the equator; as the warm most air rises, it cools and oondenses, bringing wind and rain.
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| show | storm
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| the temperature at which water vapor changes to a liquid | show 🗑
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| show | warm front
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| this type of front will bring cold, drier air and heavy rains/snow | show 🗑
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| this front has two cold air masses pushing up a warm air mass and cutting it off. | show 🗑
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