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Air Pressure

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Tropical

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Celsius

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Cumulus Cloud

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Puffy clouds that sometimes look like floating balls of cotton

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Cirrus Cloud

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Thermometer (weather definition)

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Tropical Depression

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A region of low pressure with counter clockwise wind

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Ocean Current

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Dew Point

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The temperature at which water vapor in the Air condenses into water.

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Hurricane

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A tropical cyclone with wind of 74 mph or greater

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Desert

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Typhoon

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A hurricane or tropical storm originating in the Pacific Ocean

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Humidity

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The quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere

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Forecast

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Atmosphere

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Hail

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Small icy balls that fall from the sky

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Thunderstorm

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A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain and hail

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Cloud

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Visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere high above the ground

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Precipitation

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Water that is released from the clouds in the sky includes rain snow, and hail

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Drought

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A deficiency in precipitation over an extended period, usually a season or more

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Front

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The boundary between two dissimilar air masses

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Meteorology

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A branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere

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Freezing Point

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The temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid.

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Tornado

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A rotating funnel-shaped cloud that does not touch the ground

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Cumulonimbus Cloud

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A dense towering vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms and atmospheric instability.

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Thunder

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A loud noise that happens when lightning heats the air

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Weather

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Waterspout

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Barometer

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A tool used to measure air pressure

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Global Warming

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The slow warming of the earths atmosphere due to climatic change

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Temperature

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Barometric Pressure

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The pressure ( force per unit area ) of the atmosphere against the surface

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Funnel Cloud

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Climate

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