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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| relative humidity | measure of the amount of water vapor in the air compared with the amount of water vapor the air can hold at that temparature |
| dew point | the temperature at which air can hold no more water and dew forms |
| barometric pressure | the measure of the pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere |
| a mass of air with high pressure | means fair weather |
| a mass of air with low pressure | means gray, cloudy skiess and maybe be precipitation |
| anemometer | measures the speed of wind |
| microclimate | isolated areas where the weather is different in some way from the surrounding weather |
| cirrus clouds | delicate, fibrous clouds in high cold altitudes, means a storm is on the way |
| altostratus clouds | look like fibrous sheets, thin clouds and often the sun or moon can be seen through them |
| nimbostratus | dark gray clouds you see when a storm arrives |
| altocumulus | small, heaped up clouds that indicate a storm is on the way |
| cumulonimbus | large, tall clouds that are anvil-shaped, these clouds bring heavy rain, and thundersthorms |
| sources of weather data | weather balloons, weather buoys in the ocean, land weather stations |
| front | the boundary between two air masses: usually the site of unsettled weather |
| weather | the condition of the atmosphere with respect to temperature, humidity, wind and clouds |
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