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| the study of the atmosphere. |
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| a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air. |
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| the ratio of amount of water vapor currently in the air at a given temperature to the largest amount of water vapor the air can contain at that temperature. |
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| AS air cools it slows down and begins to condense |
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| As the Water droplets grow, they fall as rain, sleet, hail, or snow. |
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| What Upper regions of air that are warmer than lower regions leads to |
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| warning air rises from "hot spots" followed by sinking cooler air |
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| air that is pushed up by a land mass |
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falling water droplets bump into and rub against one another
cloud becomes electrically charged and and is released as lightning |
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| lightning heats up air and it expands so fast that it breaks the sound barrier |
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| Funnel Cloud that has touched the ground |
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