Weather Vocab

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Definition of air mass?

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A large body of air with similar temperature and moisture.

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Device measuring air heat?

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Thermometer

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What starts as a small thunderstorm and grows by taking in warm air and moisture?

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Hurricane

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A cold air mass forces under a warm air mass to form this storm

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Thunderstorm

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Warm air spins upward during a thunderstorm, creating violent swirling winds.

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Tornado

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Studies and predicts weather?

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Meterologist

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Device measuring wind speed

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Anemometer

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Device measuring air pressure

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Barometer

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Puffy, white, cotton-ball clouds

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Cumulus

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Dark Gray Clouds

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Stratus