Weather Flashcards

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Associated with cooler temperatures and sometimes storms.

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Cold Front

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Usually associated with milder weather.

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Warm Front

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Is a weather front that forms when a cold front overtakes a warm front. A cold front moves faster than a warm front due to stronger winds. This process is called occlusion.

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Occluded Front

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Is a weather front that occurs when two air masses meet and stop moving. Its a transition zone between warm and cold air masses. It forms when two air masses push against each other but neither is strong enough to move the other.

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Stationary Front

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Air masses are classified by...

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their temperature, moisture, and region of origin.

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Air masses are represented on weather maps using letters.

What do the lower case letters stand for?

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The moisture content

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Air masses are represented on weather maps using letters.

What do the upper case letters stand for?

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The temperature

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Maritime

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humid air masses that form over water.

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Continental

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dry air masses that form over land.

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Continental Polar (cP)

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cool air masses that originate in the snow covered interior of Canada, Alaska, and the Arctic.