| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Doppler Radar | tracks storm direction and wind speed |
| Maritime tropical | warm & humid |
| Continental polar | Frigid air mass that travels southward |
| Weather | Current, short-term variations in atmosphere |
| Low-pressure systems | causes sunny and dry weather |
| Station Model | A record of weather data for a particular place/time |
| Air Mass Modification | Exchange of heat/moisture with a surface where an air mass travels |
| Maritime polar | cool and humid |
| Continental tropical | warm and dry |
| Continental polar | cold and dry |
| Polar Easterlies | A system between the poles and 60º latitude |
| Jet Streams | Narrow bands of fast, high-altitude westerly winds |
| Trade Winds | • Winds between 30º north & south latitude & the equator |
| Prevailing Westerlies | Winds between 30º and 60º north and south latitude |
| What creates weather? | Imbalances in earth's heat energy |
| Coriolis Effect | The way Earth's rotation makes winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the right and winds in the Southern Hemisphere curve to the left. |
| Weather is mostly dependent on what? | changes that happen in the troposphere |
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