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- Cloud Types
- Storm Types
- Terminology
- Weather Instruments
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- FLUFFY AND WHITE
- FLAT BOTTOMS
- INDICATE FAIR WEATHER
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- FLUFFY CLOUDS
- LARGER AND DARKER THAN CUMULOUS CLOUDS
- PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS
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- SMOOTH AND GRAY
- COVER THE WHOLE SKY
- BRINGS LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE
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- FEATHERY CLOUDS
- APPEARS DURING FAIR WEATHER
- INDICATES THAT RAIN OR SNOW WILL FALL WITHIN SEVERAL HOURS
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- Lightning is caused by electric charges in a cloud jumping from cloud to
cloud or from the cloud to the ground.
- Thunder is caused when the lightning heats up the air and the air
expands quickly
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- A violent storm with high winds that starts over land.
- The cloud forms a funnel and winds can reach 500 mph.
- Buildings, cars and objects are picked up and thrown.
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- A large storm that forms over and ocean near the equator
- The winds spin around the center called an eye.
- Hurricanes cause damage with high winds and heavy rain
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- People who use data from weather instruments to predict weather patterns
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- A FRONT IS:
- A BOUNDARY BETWEEN AIR MASSES OF DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY
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- THE MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT OF HEAT ENERGY IN THE ATMOSPHERE
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- Air pressure is due to the weight of the air and is determined by
several factors including temperature
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- Thermometer-measures temperature
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- Barometer- measures air pressure
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- Anemometer-measures wind speed
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- Rain Gauge-measures the amount of rainfall
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