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Weather Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Latent Heat | Heat that is absorbed or released during a phase change |
| Dew Point | Temperature which the air is completely saturated |
| Relative Humidity | Percentage of moisture the air holds compared to the amount that it holds |
| Condensation Nuclei | Solid particle in the atmosphere that provides the surface which water vapor condenses |
| Adiabatic Cooling | The temperature of a mass of air decreases as the air masses rises and expands |
| Advective Cooling | The temperature of an air mass decreases as the air mass moves over a cold surface |
| Coalescence | The combination of smaller droplets to make big droplets |
| Super cooling | Cooled below its freezing point |
| Cloud Seeding | The introducing of freezing rain or condensation nuclei into a cloud to cause rain fall |