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The Bergeron-Findeinsen process takes melted snowflakes and produces what?
rain
From what air mass does a frontal cyclone draw its energy?
warm air mass
What type of air mass is cold and dry?
continental polar
What type of air mass forms over the Caribbean Sea?
Maritime tropical
With what type of front does a frontal cyclone usually begin with?
Stationary
Mid-level clouds that are known for covering the sky and producing steady rain?
nimbostratus
Water vapor whose temperature has dropped below the freezing point has been
supercooled
Lens shaped clouds that form near mountains.
lenticular
Two unmoving air masses of different temperatures create what?
stationary front
Lack of precipitation affects an area's crops is called an?
agricultural drought
Ice crystals, usually in geometric shapes form...
snow
Layers of a glaze and rime form...
hail
An extended period of heavy snow and high wind.
Blizzard
The temperature at which cooling air begins condensing.
dew point
The brown haze that develops due to harmful substances in the atmosphere.
smog
The boundary between two different air masses.
front
What type of fog occurs due to adiabatic cooling of UPWARD moving air?
upslope fog
What type of fog is formed when wind heated by warm ocean water blows over cool ocean water?
sea fog
When 2 cold fronts overtake a warm front, what forms?
an occluded front
What is the least common type of high-level cloud?
cirrocumuuls
What is the least common type of high-level cloud?
cirrocumuls
What is the process whereby plants release water into the atmosphere?
transpiration
What type of front would occur is a maritime polar air mass pushed into a continental tropical air mass?
Cold front
What process forms fog?
deposition
Would cooler temperatures increase or decrease the rate of condensation?
Increase
A brief but intense snowfall.
Snow squall
Raindrops that freeze on their way to the ground form what?
Sleet
Which type of cloud creates a "mackerel sky" because they resemble fish scales?
cirrocumulus
Any air mass that forms over the ocean.
Maritime
The scientific term for a gas becoming a liquid.
Condensation
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