Weather

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Weather

Answer 1

The short term state of the atmosphere,including temperature,humidity, precipitation,wind, and visibility

Question 2

Humidity

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the amount of water vapor in the air

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relative humidity

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The ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a set temperature

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Condensation

Answer 4

The change of state from a gas to a liquid

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dew point

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The temperature at which a gas condenses into a liquid

Question 6

psychrometer

Answer 6

An instrument that is used to measure relative humidity

Question 7

cloud

Answer 7

a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which forms when the air is cooled and condensation occurs

Question 8

cumulus Clouds

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Puffy, white clouds that tend to have flat bottoms

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cumulonimbus cloud

Answer 9

Thunderstorms come from this kind of cumulus clouds

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stratus clouds

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clouds that form in layers

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Nimbostratus

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are dark stratus clouds that usually produce light to heavy continuous

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cirrus Clouds

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Thin, feathery, white clouds found at high altitudes

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cirrocumulus cloud

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A cumulus cloud that forms high in the atmosphere

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Middle clouds

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made up of both water drops and ice crystals

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Low clouds

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made up of water drops

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HIgh Clouds

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Made up of ice crystals

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Precipitation

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any form of water that falls to the earth’s surface from the clouds

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rain

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moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops

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Sleet

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forms when rain falls through layer of freezing air

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Snow

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when temperatures are so cold that water vapor changes directly into a solid

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Hail

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Balls or lumps of ice that falls from clouds

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air mass

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large body of air where temperature and moisture content are constant throughout

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front

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the boundary between air masses of different densities and usually different temperatures

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cyclones

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an area in the atmosphere that has lower pressure than the surrounding area and has winds that spiral toward the center

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anticyclones

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the rotation of air around a high-pressure center in the direction opposite to Earth’s rotation

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Lightning

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an electric discharge that takes place between two oppositely charged surfaces, such as between a cloud and the ground, between two clouds, or between two parts of the same cloud

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Thunder

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the sound caused by the rapid expansion of air along an electrical strike

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Thunderstorms

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a usually brief, heavy storm that consists of rain,strong winds, lightning, and thunder

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Tornado

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a destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds,is visible as a funnel-shaped cloud, and touches the ground

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Hurricane

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a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center

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flash flood

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a flood that rises that rises and falls very suddenly

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watch

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a weather alert that lets people know that a tornado may happen

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warning

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a weather alert that lets people know that a tornado has been spotted

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thermometer

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an instrument that measures and indicates temperature

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Barometer

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an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

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anemometer

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Fog

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A stratus cloud that has formed near the ground

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storm surge

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a wall of water that builds up over the ocean because of the strong winds and low atmospheric pressure.