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| What is true about tempeture and humidity of an air mass at a particular alttitude? |
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When the water vapor content of air remains constant lowering air tempeture causes an increase in realtive humidity and raising air temp means decrease in humidity. |
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| Do air masses change as they move? |
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No when a air mass moves it takes the temp and moisture with it. |
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What kinds of weather does the air mass Contential Polar or cP bring? |
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| What kind of weather does contential tropical or cT bring in? |
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cT have the least influence in North America they are extremely hot they bring in droughts and they even affect areas outside. |
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| What kind of weather does mP or Martime Polar bring in? |
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Low Clouds
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| What kind of weather does Maritme Tropical or mT bring in? |
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Warm
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| Which one of the air masses cP Contential Polar cT contential tropical mP martime polar or mT marime tropical has the greatest effect on North America? |
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What happens?
With Warm Fronts |
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| Warm air moves in to a area previously occupied by cold air |
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What happens?
With cold fronts? |
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| When cold dense air moves in to a region previosuly occupied by warm air! |
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With Staionary Fronts? |
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| Surface Postion of front does not move |
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With Occuled Fronts? |
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| Active cold front takes over a cold front! |
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What kind of weather does a warm front have? |
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Light Rain
Slowly Gets Warm |
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What kind of weather does a cold front have? |
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| Gusty Winds and Heavy Rain |
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What kind of weather does a staionary front have? |
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What kind of weather does a occuled front have? |
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Out of these choices which one is a warm front map’s symbol
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Out of these choices which one is a cold front map’s symbol
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Out of these choices which one is a stainoary map’s symbol
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Out of these choices which one is a occuled map’s symbol
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| When does a thunderstorm form |
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| When warm air rises in a unstable enviorment |
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What clouds do thunderstorms form under? |
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| A tornado is a rotating collum of air called a |
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| What is the name of a tropical cyclone here? |
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| What is a tropical disturbiance? |
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| Preasure Area over ocean with warm moist air that lasts at least 24th percent perciptation and low wind |
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What is the wind speed range of a tropical depression? |
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What is the wind speed range of a tropical storm? |
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| What is the wind speed range of a hurricane? |
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A hurricane has three parts a eye wall a eye and rain bands what is the very middle of the hurricane called? |
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A hurricane has three parts a eye wall a eye and rain bands what is the circle around the eye called |
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A hurricane has three parts a eye wall a eye and rain bands what is around the eye wall? |
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| A storm surge is the dome of water 60 to 80 kilometers wide that sweeps across the coast when a hurricane falls on shore |
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| As the category of a hurricane increases the wind speed (increases decreases) and the surface preasure (increases and decreases) |
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