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Weather vocab list 2

TermDefinition
Water Cycle
Evaporate to pass off or cause to pass off into vapor from a liquid state. 2. : to pass off or away : disappear.
Condensation the process where water vapor becomes liquid.
Runoff Runoff is precipitation that does not soak into the soil but instead moves on the Earth's surface toward streams.
Meteorologist a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions.
Cirrus a thin white cloud usually of tiny ice crystals formed at altitudes about 20,000 to 40,000 feet (6,000 to 12,000 meters)
Stratus a low cloud form extending over a large area at altitudes of usually 2000 to 7000 feet (600 to 2100 meters)
Nimbus rain clouds, or clouds that carry significant amounts of precipitation.
Cumulus detached, individual, cauliflower-shaped clouds usually spotted in fair weather conditions.
Air Mass a large body of air with generally uniform temperature and humidity.
Weather he state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place
Climate Climate is the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area.
Forecast a statement saying what the weather will be like the next day or for the next few days.
Temperature the temperature that is manifested in the several layers of the atmosphere
Front a weather system that is the boundary separating two different types of air
Humidity Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air.
High Pressure System higher pressure at its center than the areas around it.
Low Pressure System
Storms
Precipitation
Tornado
Thunderstorm
Hurricane
Flood
Winter Storms
Cumulonimbus Clouds
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