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Temperature Behind a cold front is

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Lower than in front of it

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Condition favoring fog formation is

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Moisture laden air

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Air pressure behind a cold front is

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Higher than in front of it

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Majority of weather systems in the US come from

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Westerly direction

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Best source of marine boating weather is

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National weather service

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Northern hemisphere winds flow around into a low in what direction

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Counterclockwise

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Warm air

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Rises

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Warm moist air compared to dry cool air is

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Lighter

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Back to surface wind-turn 45 degrees to your right - low pressure area is

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To your left

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High pressure air mass is characterized by

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Cool dry air

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Fastest moving fronts are usually

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Cold fronts

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A hurricane is a tropical storm with sustained winds

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64 knots or greater

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A tropical cyclone is

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Low pressure area over warm tropical waters

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Clouds from which rain is falling are called

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Nimbus

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Main problem in thunderstorms tornadoes etc

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Wind

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Which of the following provides the most serious threat to boaters

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Wind

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The height of wind created waves depends on

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How long wind is blowing, extent of the fetch, strength of the wind

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Fog occurs most often near a

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Warm front

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Fronts are named for the kind of air that is

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Behind them

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Thunderstorms form ahead of

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Cold fronts

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On a colored weather map warm fronts are

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Red

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Weather is caused by

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Heat

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Thunderstorms are produced by

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Cumulonimbus clouds

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Clouds in front of a warm front are

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Stratus and cirrus

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A particularly dangerous phenomenon that can occur several miles away from a thunderstorm and a squall line is a

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microburst