Weather and Climate Chapter 3 Weather Patterns
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Station Model | A group of symbols on a weather map that provide information about temperature, air pressure, precipitation, sky coverage, wind speed and direction |
| Maritime Polar | Air mass that originates over water and from near the poles |
| Tornado | A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface |
| Hurricane | A tropical storm that has winds of about 119 km/hr or higher |
| Air Mass | A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure |
| Continental Polar | Air mass that originates over land and from the poles |
| Continental Tropic | Air mass that originates over land and from the equator |
| Front | The boundary where the air masses meet |
| Warm Front | A warm air mass overtakes a slowly moving cold air mass |
| Stationary Front | Cold and warm air masses meet, but neither one can move the other |
| Cold Front | A cold air mass runs into a slowly moving warm air mass |
| Occluded Front | Two cooler air masses meet and push a warm air mass upwards |
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