Which of these four countries in Africa recorded the highest temperature of the 20th century(1931, on July 7), about 55°C (131°F)?
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Ghana
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Botswana
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Tunisia
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Zambia
Which type of thunderstorm is considered to be most dangerous?
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Multicell
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Ordinary
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Supercell
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Squall line
Which of the following is not frequently associated with radar echoes of a supercell thunderstorm?
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V-notch
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Hook echo
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WeakEchoaRegion
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Bow echo
Hurricanes and tropical systems near the equator often achieve a balance between pressure gradient forces & centripetal forces.This balance is called
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Meridional
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Geostrophic
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Cyclostrophic
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Ageostrophic
Storms at sea outside the tropics that show rapidly falling barometric pressure, of 1 mB/hour or more, sometimes referred to as what explosive term?
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Dynamite
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Warheads
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Nukes
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Bomb
What is this instrument that sailors rely during particular weather, also known as "the Glass"?
Anemometer
Thermometer
Hygrometer
Barometer
Which alliterative phrase describes fog formed when cold wind blows over warm water?
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MaritimeMiasmas
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Sea Smoke
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Water Wisps
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OceanObscurity
The branches on a snowflake are called radiating ____?
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Permutations
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Conics
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Ilia
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Dendrites
Snow that falls in the shape of a ball instead of a flake is called which of the following?
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Slunk
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Coring
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Graupel
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Tank
Where would you commonly see frost flowers?
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Miami, Florida
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Sargasso Sea
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The Arctic
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Madrid,Spain