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| The scientific study of the atmosphere and of atmospheric conditions, especially as they relate to weather and weather forecasting. |
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| The state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. |
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| The general or average weather conditions of a certain region, including temperature, rainfall, and wind |
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| A measure of the ability of a substance, or more generally of any physical system, to transfer heat energy to another physical system. |
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| The mixture of gases surrounding the Earth or other celestial body, held in place by gravity. |
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| A widespread body of air that originates over a large area of land or ocean and assumes the temperature and humidity of that area, with characteristics distributed fairly evenly throughout the horizontal layers of the mass |
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the force exerted by air, whether compressed or unconfined, on any surface in contact with it. |
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An area of relative pressure maximum that has diverging winds and a rotation opposite to the earth's rotation.
(cold or cool air) |
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An area of a relative pressure minimum that has converging winds and rotates in the same direction as the earth. This is counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
(warm or mild)
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| The pressure exerted by the atmosphere at a given point as exerted by a barometer |
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| The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume it occupies. |
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| A breeze that blows onshore, from the sea to the land. |
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| A breeze that blows offshore, from the land to the sea. |
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| A form of thermal energy transferred between two systems by virtue of a difference in temperature. |
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| The transition zone or interface between two air masses of different densities, which usually means different temperatures. |
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| areas of high and low pressure, in which the winds are a response in an attempt to equalize the pressure differences. |
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| major things that happen in weather |
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| A violently rotating column of air, reaching down from a cumulonimbus cloud and touching the ground. |
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| The name for a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour (65 knots) or greater in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. |
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| Produced by a cumulonimbus cloud, it is a storm of relatively short duration characterized by thunder, lightning, gusty surface winds, turbulence, hail, icing, precipitation, moderate to extreme up and downdrafts, and under the most severe conditions, tornadoes. |
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| Refers to the water vapor content in the atmosphere, or the total water, liquid, solid or vapor, in a given volume of air. |
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| The bending of light or radar beam as it passes through a zone of contrasting properties, such as atmospheric density, water vapor, or temperature. |
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| A visible collection of minute particle matter, such as water droplets and/or ice crystals, in the free air. |
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| evaporated water condenses and turns in to a cloud |
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| info of how the weather will turn out |
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| an estimated guess of what is going to happen with the weather forecast based on past expierience or data |
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| a map or chart showing weather conditions over a wide area at a particular time |
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| the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation |
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| The cyclical warming of East Pacific Ocean sea water temperatures off the western coast of South America that can result in significant changes in weather patterns in the United States and elsewhere. |
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| A force per unit mass that arises solely from the earth's in rotation, acting as a deflecting force in relation to the curving of the earth |
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