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- 1. Weather ____ is the analysis of scientific data to predict future weather conditions
- 4. Weather forecasters study the ____ of weather to make detailed predictions
- 5. The scientist who studies meteorology is called a ____
- 7. Orbiting weather ____ at high altitudes provide data on water vapor
- 11. A lightweight instrument package called a ____ is launched from an aircraft
- 13. Weather ____ is useful for finding the location of storms
- 14. Different ____ give clues to the weather
- 16. Using eight elements to make ____ weather forecasts helps people stay safe
- 17. NOAA flies right into the ____ of a tropical storm to collect valuable data
- 18. ____ satellites monitor earth's weather from a fixed position thousands of K above the earth
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- 2. ____ elements of weather are observed around the clock
- 3. ____ measure weather conditions in the middle to upper atmosphere
- 6. The study of weather and earth's atmosphere is called ____
- 8. Airlines and airplane pilots use ____ ____ ____ to determine flight paths
- 9. These are on satellites and take images at regular intervals
- 10. These are on wings of a plane and measure wind speed once every second
- 12. These maps are used to show forecasts on TV
- 15. ____ ____ is a set of meteorological symbols that represent the weather at a particular observing station
