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15 Cards in this Set
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Measurement that compares the amount of water vapor in the air with the amount the air can hold at a certain temperature
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Relative Humidity
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Scientist who studies weather
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Meteorologist
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Air Pressure
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Air Pressure
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An instrument used to measure air pressure
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Barometer
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Water vapor in the air
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Humidity
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Prediction of what the weather will be like in the future
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Forecast
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A ratio comparing a part to a whole using the number 100; this is the number of hundredths that the part is = to
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Percent
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The temperature at which a volume of air cannot hold any more water vapor
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Dew Point
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A type of radar that calculates distance and shows direction of movement
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Doppler Radar
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A large body of air having similar properties or weather conditions
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Air Mass
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A violent tropical storm that forms over warm oceans and whose winds have a velocity of at least 110 km per hour
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Hurricane
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A violent, funnel-shaped cloud witha extremely strong winds
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Tornado
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An instrument used to measure wind speed
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Anemometer
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An instrument used to measure relative humidity
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Psychrometer
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Boundary between warm and cold air masses
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