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Extreme Weather Smart Planet 3 Unit 1

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  • extremely cold in temperature
    freezing
  • pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from clouds
    hail
  • when the precipitation rate is > 7.6 mm per hour, or between 10 mm and 50 mm per hour
    heavy rain
  • the flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric electricity
    lightning
  • the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion of the air in the path of the electrical discharge
    thunder
  • air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
    high winds
  • Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature)
    boiling
  • a heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind
    snowstorm
  • a prolonged period of abnormally hot weather
    heat wave