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| a violent disturbance in the atmosphere |
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| type of air mass that forms north of 50 degrees north latitude or south of 50 degrees south latitude. |
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| type of air mass that forms over oceans. |
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| lines on a map joining places that have the same air pressure |
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| type of front in which a warm air mass is cut off from the ground by 2 cool air masses beneath it. |
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| type of air mass that forms in the tropics. |
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| a sudden spark when electrical charges jump between parts of the cloud or between a cloud and the ground. |
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| lines on a map connecting places that have the same temperature |
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| rapidly whirling funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface. |
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| a tropical storm with winds of 119 kilometers per hour or 75 miles per hour or higher |
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| scientist who studies the cause of weather and tries to predict it. |
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