Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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A swirling vortex of strong winds that reaches to the ground (to include water). | Tornado | 90%
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Frozen particles that fall from the sky as crystals. | Snow | 84%
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Potentially very large swirling air mass responsible for massive amounts of damage from strong winds, torrential downpours, and tornadic activity. | Hurricane | 79%
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A cloud located on the ground. Mainly found in valleys or over water. | Fog | 78%
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Mix of snow and rain due to varying temperatures. | Sleet | 75%
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The thing that drives lines of rain and thunderstorms. It brings colder air behind it and northerly winds. | Cold front | 73%
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Millions of air parcels that reach condensation and form an obscuration in the sky. | Cloud | 71%
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Debris picked up by strong surface winds (generally dust or dry dirt). Can cover the skies in deserts for days. | Dust storm | 70%
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Produces lightning always and hail sometimes. | Thunderstorm | 68%
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The main driving force behind most weather. Can stack throughout the atmosphere and pushes warm and cold fronts. | Low pressure | 65%
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Produces fair weather and mostly clear skies. Occurs behind cold fronts usually. | High pressure | 61%
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Created by differential heating throughout the atmosphere. You can make it expelling all the air from your lungs all at once. | Wind | 52%
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Generally created by a southerly wind pushing north, bringing warmer temperatures and usually rain. | Warm front | 51%
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This is what happens when it is unseasonably warm for a long period of time. Sometimes responsible for droughts. | Heat wave | 47%
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The name given when cold temperatures persist for a very long period of time, usually colder than the norm. | Cold snap | 26%
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