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barometer | an instrument used to measure air pressure. |
anemometer | an instrument used to measure wind speed. |
hygrometer | an instrument used to measure the amount of water vapor or humidity in the air. |
warm front | forms when water air slides up and over a cold air mass, it brings gentle rain or light snow followed by warmer weather. |
cold front | forms when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, thunderheads can form followed by cool, fair weather. |
local winds | wind that forms in a small area due to temperature changes. |
prevailing winds | a global wins that blows constantly from the same direction. |
low pressure | a large swirling mass of rising warm air that usually brings wet, stormy weather. |
high pressure | a large swirling mass of sinking warm air that causes fair weather. (high to low pressure. |
forecast | the prediction of the weather conditions for a given area at a given time |
meteorology | the study of the earths atmosphere, including the weather and climate. |
climate | the average of all weather conditions in a particular place over time. |
microclimate |