Air mass has a large region of air that has a similar
temperature and humidity. Air masses can cover thousands of land
and water.
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A barometer is a instrument that measures air pressure. People
can use a barometer to measure the air pressure before there is a
storm.
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A cyclone is any kind of storm with a low pressure center and a
counter-clockwise rotation. Hurricanes and tornados are considered
a cyclone.
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A drought is a long period of dry weather. In a drought crops
can be destroyed and water can be lost.
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A Earthquake is when planks underground move it causes motion.
If earthquakes are powerful enough they can cause major destruction
to your city.
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Fog is a cloud that forms near the ground. While your driving
you have to be extra careful because if your not you could cause a
car crash.
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Glaze is a smooth clear icy coating of supercooled water
droplet that spreads out and freezes onto objects on contact. Glaze
produces the accretion of a ice storm.
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The name for a tropical cyclone with sustained winds that go up
to 74 miles per hour or greater in the North Atlantic Ocean,
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the North Pacific Ocean.
Hurricanes can destroy peoples houses.
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Ice is a solid form of water. Ice cubes go inside your cup of
water.
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Jet Streams are powerful winds that flow at a high altitude. A
lot stretch for thousands of miles.
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KKatabatic winds are created by air flowing down hill. When the
air is warm it might be called a foelin wind it also may be known
as a Santa Ana.
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A lake effect snow is a snow showers they are created when cold
dry air passes over a large warmer lake like one of the Great
Lakes. It picks up moisture in the air.
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Maximum is the greatest value attained by a function for
example, temperature, pressure, or wind speed. Maximum is the
opposite of minimum.
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A neap tide is a tide of decreased range, it occurs about every
two weeks when the moon is at one quarter or three quarters
full.
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Overcast is the amount of the sky cover for a cloud layer that
is 8/8ths on the summation layer for that layer.
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Precipitation is any and all forms of water. Water can be rain,
ice, hail, and etc. when there is a storm I see rain falling from
the clouds.
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AA forecast of rain fall, snowfall, or liquid equivalent of
snow fall. Whenever people watch the news on the weather the person
gives you a forecast.
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A rain shadow is also referred to as a precipitation shadow. It
is on the lee side of the mountain or a similar barrier where the
rain is less than on the other side.
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A sandstorm is a strong wind carrying sand particles through
the air. There are low occurrences. Some sandstorms are usually
only ten feet, no more than fifty feet.
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A violently rotating column of air in contact with and
extending between a convective cloud and the surface of the Earth.
In the Wizard of Oz a tornado destroyed Dorothy's house.
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The direction from where the wind is blowing. If a up wind
blows a certain direction it could make a tree fall on your house.
A up wind can make very cold air.
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A vortex is any circular or rotary flow in the atmosphere that
possesses vortices. Sometimes a vortex can look like a tornado
because it is circular.
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The state of the atmosphere at a specific time and with respect
to its effect. There are different types of weather.
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X-rays are the portion of a electromagnet that has a very shot
wave length. It has a wave length longer than gamma rays that are
shorter than a visible light.
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Yellow snow is snow that is given a golden or yellow glow by
appearance or by the presence of pine or cypress pollen in it.
Sometimes people put a yellow light on snow to make it look like
yellow snow.
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Zenith is the point which is elevated at 90 degrees from all
points on given observers astronomical horizon. The point on any
given observers celestial sphere that lies directly above
them.