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  • What type of front is moving through Minnesota?
    Occluded front
  • Which type of front has this symbol?
    Occluded Front
  • What type of front is moving through Ohio?
    Warm Front
  • What type of front is happening in Utah?
    Stationary front
  • Which direction is the cold front moving in Texas?
    South-East
  • What is the downward motion of the atmosphere?
    High Pressure
  • Explain low pressure in your own words.
    Low pressure is when the air is rising in the upper atmosphere. The weather will be stormy.
  • Which type of front has this symbol?
    Stationary Front
  • Which type of pressure brings stormy air?
    Low Pressure
  • What type of weather does a warm front usually bring?
    Precipitation is likely at first and then warm air.
  • Which type of front has this symbol?
    Warm Front
  • Which type of pressure brings calm air?
    High Pressure
  • What type of front is moving through Texas?
    Cold Front
  • Explain how the occluded front in Minnesota happened.
    The cold front overtook the warm front.
  • Explain how the stationary front in Utah happened.
    The cold front is moving South and the warm front is moving North. When the two different air masses meet it creates a stationary front.
  • The weather today, in this image, will most likely happen due to which type of pressure?
    High Pressure
  • What type of weather does a cold front usually bring?
    Precipitation is likely at first and then colder air.
  • The weather on Tuesday will most likely happen due to which type of pressure?
    Low Pressure
  • Explain high pressure in your own words.
    High pressure is a downward motion of the atmosphere. The weather will be calm air.
  • What kind of conditions are used to track weather?
    Current conditions of atmosphere temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, and moisture at a specific time and place.
  • Which type of front has this symbol?
    Cold Front
  • What direction is the occluded front moving in Minnesota?
    North-East
  • When the air is rising in the upper atmosphere what type of pressure is it?
    Low Pressure
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