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Weather Systems and Patterns Explained

The document discusses various weather systems and patterns, emphasizing the constant changes in weather due to air and moisture movement. It explains different types of fronts (warm, cold, stationary, and occluded) and their associated weather conditions, as well as pressure systems and phenomena like thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Each weather event is characterized by specific air mass interactions and atmospheric conditions.

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Weather Systems and Patterns Explained

The document discusses various weather systems and patterns, emphasizing the constant changes in weather due to air and moisture movement. It explains different types of fronts (warm, cold, stationary, and occluded) and their associated weather conditions, as well as pressure systems and phenomena like thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Each weather event is characterized by specific air mass interactions and atmospheric conditions.

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W E AT H E R

SYSTEMS AND
PAT T E R N S
CHANGES IN
W E AT H E R
 Weather is always changing
because of the constant
movement of air and moisture in
the atmosphere.
An air mass is a large body of air
that has the same properties as
the surface over which it
develops.
FRONTS
When an air mass moves, it
collides with another air mass,
and a boundary forms between
the two masses called a front.
Most weather changes in
weather occur at one of the
four types of fronts.
WA R M F R O N T
A warm front develops when a
warm air mass meets a cold air
mass.
The warm air, because its less
dense, slides up over the cold
air.
High cirrus clouds, stratus
clouds and nimbostratus
clouds.
COLD FRONT
A cold front forms when a cold
air mass invades a warm air
mass.
The cold air forces the warm air
rapidly aloft along the steep
front.
Cumulus clouds and
cumulonimbus clouds.
S TAT I O N A RY F R O N T

A stationary front results when


pressure differences cause a
warm front or a cold front to
stop moving forward.
Weather conditions include
light winds and precipitation
across the entire frontal region.
OCCLUDED FRONT

A occluded front results when


two air masses merge, forcing
the warmer air between them
to rise.
Strong winds and heavy
precipitation may occur in an
occluded front.
PRESSURE
SYSTEM
Air molecules have mass and cause
air molecules to expert pressure on
each other.
A low pressure system has lower
pressure at its center than the areas
around it.
A high pressure system has higher
pressure at its center than the areas
around it.
THUNDERSTORMS

Thunderstorms result from the


rapid upward movement of warm,
moist air.
As the warm moist air moves
upward, it cools, condenses, and
form cumulonimbus clouds that
can reach heights of 10 km.
TORNADOES
 A tornado is a violent, whirling wind that
moves in a narrow path over the land.
In the severe thunderstorms, warm air is
force upward at great speed, causing very
low pressure tat Earth’s surface.
Strong winds approaching the center of
the low pressure system collide from
different directions and begin to rotate
violently.
HURRICANES
A hurricane is a large, swirling, low
pressure system that forms over tropical
oceans. A storm must have winds of at
least 120 km/h to be called a
hurricane.
As long as a hurricane is over water,
the warm, moist air will rise and provide
energy for the storm.
When a hurricane reaches land,
however, its supply of warm, moist air is
gone and the storm loses power.

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