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| air is forced up the side of a mountain |
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| warm, downslope winds on the leeward side |
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| leeward side of mountain that receives much less rain than windward side |
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| type of atmospheric lifting |
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cause heavy rain meeting warm air, warm air lifted over cold front |
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cause light rain meeting cold air, cold pushed into wedge shape w/ warm air sliding up over cold air |
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| low pressure center with converging and ascending air spirals inward counterclockwise |
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| low pressure wave cyclones develop and strengthen |
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a system w/ inputs and outputs crossing between the system and surrounding environment |
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| cold front wedges itself beneath warm front |
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| stalemate between cold and warm front |
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| seasonally shifting paths followed by migrating low pressure systems |
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| sonic bangs made by rapidly heated air |
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| strong linear winds in excess of 58 mph |
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destructive cyclonic rotation developed in response to extremely low pressure |
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| high temps all year, high Ppt, equatorial (0-20) |
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| low mid lats(20-40) true seasonality |
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| mid-high lats(40-65) long cold winters, short hot summers |
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| cool summers very cold winters |
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| high lats(>60) very cold all winter, extreme day length variability |
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| high latitude of high altitud |
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| cool for latitude b/c of altitude |
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