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An advancing warm air mass meets an advancing cold air mass but neither one can move the other producing several days of cloud and precipitation.
warm front
cold front
stationary front
occluded front
A clockwise flow of dry, sinking air that has higher pressure at its center than the areas around it bringing clear, calm, bright weather.
hurricane
low pressure system
high pressure system
thunderstorm
Warm air mass slides up and over a retreating cold, denser air mass producing light precipitation followed by warmer, milder weather
warm front
cold front
stationary front
occulded front
A funnel shaped cloud of air that rotates at high speeds and is formed when a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air.
thunderstorm
hurricane
low pressure system
tornado
A front that forms when a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air masses and the cold air masses push the warm air upward producing heavy precipitation.
warm front
cold front
stationary front
occluded front
A weather system that produces heavy precipitation, winds, lightning, and thunder.
hurricane
thunderstorm
tornado
warm front
A faster cold air mass runs into a slower warm air mass pushing the warm air mass upwards causing thunderstorms and cooler weather after the front passes through.
warm front
cold front
stationary front
occluded front
Storms with strong winds and rains that form over warm, tropical waters.
hurricane
thunderstorm
cold front
tornado
A counterclockwise flow of moist, rising air that has a lower pressure at its center than the areas around it bringing unstable conditions such as clouds and storms.
hurricane
high pressure system
thunderstorm
low pressure system
A “snapshot” of conditions at a particular time over a large area and utilizes symbols to represent weather conditions.