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Module 8 Weather and Prediction

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Can be quite severe if concentrated in a small enough area.
Rarely exceed 15 feet in diameter and usually do not last longer than a minute or so.
As ice crystals fall from the clouds, they absorb more of this substance that then freezes and grows into bigger ice crystals.
Is responsible for most of the light and sound of a lightning strike.
One of the forms in which precipitation falls back to the earth
This cloud can get so tall that they actually reach the top of th troposphere.
Can heat the surrounding air to 50,000 degrees.
Usually forms in strong thunderstorms in spring and summer.
Are a localized weather phenomena that involve thunder, lightning, heavy winds, drivings rains, and sometimes hail.
Tends to heat up cloud-condensation nuclei.
When combined with the updraft, this causes a funnel of air to form, with air whirling around and up.
A current of rising air.
A region where snow can be observed falling on a mountain while rain is falling in the valley below.
Down
A substance that does not conduct electricity very well.
Process that deals with how rain is formed in cold clouds.
These are charges that cannot pass through the air.
Water that falls to the earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow, drizzle, or hail.
Stage where rain gets lighter and lighter, and downdrafts get less and less powerful.
The higher the pressure and ________, the higher the dew point.
Stage at which a tornado weakens to the point that it si no longer visible.
Devastating weather phenom a that occurs over land.