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Instrument used to
measure windspeed
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Anemometer
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Technology that can save
lives by warning people of
an approaching storm
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Doppler radar
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An instrument that
measures relative humidity
with 2 identical
thermometers
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Psychrometer
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Used to measure
atmospheric pressure
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Barometer
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What tool do
meteorologists use to solve
mathematical equations
and store data?
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Computers
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A pattern of meteorological
symbols that represent the
weather at a particular
observing station
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Station model
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Weather map symbols H
& L indicated what kind
of center?
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Air pressure centers (or
High and Low pressure)
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This system uses
reflected radio waves
to determine the
velocity and location
of objects called:
_____
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radar
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Weathe conditions for an
area over a long period of
time are referred to as
__________
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Climate
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The temperature at which
the rate of evaporation
equals the rate of
condensation
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Dew Point
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The front edge of an
advancing warm air
mass that replaces
colder air with
warmer air is a
_______
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Warm Front
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A tropical storm with
high wind speeds
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hurricane
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This forms when a cold
air mass over takes a
warm air mass
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Cold front
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A destructive, rotating
funnel-shaped column of
air with high wind speeds
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Tornado
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A front at which air
masses move either very
slowly or not at all
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Stationary front
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Mass of water vapor
contained in a given volume
of air is ______
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Absolute humidity
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A weather event in which
the air sinks and flows
outward from a center of
high pressure that brings
dry weather
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anticyclone
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Lines that connect
points of equal
temperature on a
weather map are
called _______
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Isotherms
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What is issued when
severe weather has
been spotted in a given
area?
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Warning
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The heat energy that is absorbed or
released by a substance during a
phase change is ________
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Latent Heat
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What can be used to monitor
marine conditions?
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Weather Satellite
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What type of storm have
meteorologists tried to
control by freezing nuclei?
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Hurricanes
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Doppler radar and satellite
images provide information
to make what kind of model?
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Weather Model
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What type of path does a
tornado take if it touches
down?
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Haphazard path
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2 major factors used to
identify climate are:
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Temperature & precipitation
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