Unit 3 Vocabulary Part 2

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a place where two air masses meet

a whirling mass of cool, dry air; brings fair weather, sunny skies, light winds and stable weather; rotate clockwise

winds that occur between 30° and 60° in both hemispheres; blow from west to east; blow towards the poles; global winds

moves great distances over the globe; predictable and stable; also called atmospheric circulations

a whirling mass of warm, moist air; brings storms, strong winds, and changing, unstable weather; rotate counterclockwise

an air current in the upper atmosphere that flows from west to east

a warm air mass meets and moves over a cold air mass; brings clouds and light rain

an unusual cooling of the surface water of the Pacific Ocean near the equator