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Weather continue
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Land Breeze | Land Breeze --- land breeze, a local wind system characterized by a flow from land to water late at night. |
| Sea Breeze | Sea Breeze --- sea breeze, a local wind system characterized by a flow from sea to land during the day. |
| Jet stream | Jet stream --- The jet stream is a fast, narrow current of air flowing from west to east that encircles the globe (not to be confused with the Gulf Stream which is instead an ocean current of drifting seawater). |
| Air Pressure | Air Pressure --- It is the force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth. |
| Barometer | Barometer --- The definition of a barometer is a device used to measure atmospheric pressure. |
| Low Pressure | Low Pressure --- a condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is below average. |
| High Pressure | High Pressure --- High-pressure systems, on the other hand, have more air pressure than their surroundings. |
| Cold front | Cold front --- A cold front is defined as the transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass. |
| warm front | warm front --- A warm front is defined as the transition zone where a warm air mass is replacing a cold air mass. |
| Occluded Front | Occluded Front --- An Occluded Front forms when a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air masses. |
| Stationary Front | Stationary Front --- a front between warm and cold air masses that is moving very slowly or not at all. |
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