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air mass a huge body of air that has similar temperature,pressure,and humidity throughtout
tropical a warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure
polar a cold air mass that forms north of 50 degrees north latitude or south of 50 degrees south latitude and has high air pressure
maritime a humid air mass that forms over oceans
front the area where air masses meet and do ot mix
continental a dry air mass that foms over land
occluded cut off as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from the ground by cooler air beneath it
cyclones a swirling center of low air pressure
anticyclones a high pressure center of dry air
storm a violent disturbence in the atmosphere
lightning a sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electric charges jump between a cloud and the ground
tornado a rapid whirling, funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch earths surface, usually leaving a destructive path
hurricane
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