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Chapter 13

Horizontales
Violent downdrafts that are concentrated in a local area
Violent, whirling column of air in contact with the graound that forms when wind direction and speed suddenly change with height, is often associated with a supercell, and can be extremely dangerous
Extended period of below-average temperatures caused by large, high-pressure systems of continental polar or arctic origin
Classifies tornadoes according to wind speed, duration, and path of destruction on a scale ranging from F0 to F5
Local air-mass thunderstorm that commonly occurs along a coastal area because land and water store and release thermal energy differently
Type of thunderstorm in which air rises because of unequal heating of Earth's surface within a single air mass and is most common during the afternoon and evening
A branch channel of positively charged ions that rushes upward from the ground to meet the stepped leader
Extended period of well-below-average rainfall, usually caused by shifts in global wind patterns, allowing high-pressure systems to remain for weeks or months over continental areas
Verticales
Measures the windchill factor by estimating the heat loss from human skin caused by a combination of wind and cold air
Extended period of above-average temperatures caused by large, high-pressure systems that warm by compression and block cooler air masses
Classifies hurricanes according to wind speed, potential for property damage, and potential for flooding in terms of the effect on the height of sea level on a scale ranging from Category 1 to Category 5
The channel of partially charged air; the breakdown in charges in between positive and negative regions
Type of thunderstorm usually produced by an advancing cold front, which can result in a line of thunderstorms hundreds of kilometers long, or, more rarely, an advancing warm front, which can result in a relatively mild thunderstorm
Occurs when an air mass rises from orographic lifting, which involves air moving up the side of a mountain
Large, low-pressure, rotating tropical storm that gets its energy from the evaporation of warm ocean water and the release of heat
Extremely powerful, self-sustaining thunderstorm characterized by intense, rotating updrafts
Calm center of a tropical cyclone that develops when the winds around its center reach at least 120 km/h
Occurs when powerful, hurricane-force winds drive a mound of ocean water toward shore, where it washes over the land, often causing enormous damage
Band where the strongest winds in a hurricane are usually concentrated, surrounding the eye