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Air pressure

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The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth.

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Tropical

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Characteristics of a region or climate that is frost free with high temps.

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Celsius

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Scale based on 0’ for the freezing point of water and 100’ for the boiling part. Also called centigrade.

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Cumulus cloud

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Clouds that have flat bases and are often described as puffy, cotton-like, or fluffy in appearance.

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Cirrus cloud

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From from the ascent of dry air, making the small quantity of water vapor in the air undergo deposition into ice. Made up of ice crystals, which provides their white color. They have a wide range of shape and sizes.

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thermometer

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an instrument used for measuring and indicating temperature

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Tropical depression

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An atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically in which the maximum wind speed is 38 miles per hour.

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Ocean current

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ocean Currents are the continuous predictable directional movement of seawater driven by gravity wind and water denisty

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dew point

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The temperature the air needs to be cooled to at constant pressure in order to achieve a relative humidity (RH) of 100%, water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.

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Hurricane

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a tropical storm with winds of 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour or greater that is usually accompanied by rain, wind, thunder, storm surge and lighting.

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Desert

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a large dry area where there is very little rain and few plants

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Typhoon

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a tropical cyclone with the maximum wind of 34 knot or higher

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Humidity

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air will have a higher relative humidity if the air is cooler

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Forecast

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a prophecy estimate or prediction of a future happening or condition

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atmosphere

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made of the layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial

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Hail

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A frozen form of precipitation that occurs when thunderstorms updrafts lift rain above the freezing level in the atmosphere

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Thunderstorm

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A rain-bearing cloud that also produces lighting

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A cloud is a mass of water drops ore ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere

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Cloud

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precipitation

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Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls baclyto the earth

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Drought

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A period of abnormally dry weather sufficiently prolonged for the lack of water to cause serious hydrologic imbalance in the affected area

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Front

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A weather system that is the boundary separating two different types of air

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Meteorology

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the state of the atmosphere, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover

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Freezing point

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the temperature at which a liquid becomes a solid at normal atmospheric pressure

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Tornado

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A violently column of air touching the ground usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm

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Cumulonimbus cloud

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associated with extreme weather such as heavy torrential downpours, hail storms, lightning and even tornadoes.

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Thunder

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: the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion of the air in the path of the electrical discharge.

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Weather

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the state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place

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Waterspout

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Tornadic waterspouts are simply tornadoes that form over water, or move from land to water.

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Barometer

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a scientific instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure,

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Global warming

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an aspect of climate change, referring to the long-term rise of the planet’s temperatures.

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Temperature

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degree of hotness or coldness measured by a thermometer with a numerical scale.

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Barometric

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relating to the measurement of air pressure

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Funnel cloud

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A funnel cloud is a tight rotating column of air (that is often the start of a tornado) that never reaches the ground.

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Climate

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the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area.

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