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Science Chapter 25 & 26
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Cold frontformed when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass
Squall linea long line of heavy thunder storms
Warm front-warm air mass that overtakes a cooler air mass produces a warm fornt
Occulated forntusually forms when fast moving cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air completely off the ground
Polar frontthe boundary at which the cold polar air meets the warmer air of the middle latitudes is a polar front
Wave cyclonesthe waves of low preasure along the boundary of a polar front are the beginings of lowpressure storms centers
anticyclonesinks a flows outwardfrom a center of high pressure unlike a cyclone
hurricannea servre tropical storm w/ windsepeeds starting at 120 mph
typhoonspacific ocean hurricane
thunderstormsa storm accumpied by lighting, thunder and strong winds
cummulus stagewarm moist air rises until the water vapor within the air condenses and forms a cumilius
mature stagevoilantly rising warm moist air swells higher and higher
dissapating stagestrong downdrafts stop air currents from rising
thundera rapid sxpantion and colapese of the air produces a loud noise called thunder
tornadeothe smallest most violant type