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air pressure
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a force that is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on a area
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cirrus
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wispy feathery clouds made mostly of ice cristals that form at high level, above about 6 kilometers.
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cumulus
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clouds that form less than 2 kilometers above the ground and look like fluffy,rounded piles of cotton
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drought
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a water shortage caused by long periods of low precipitation in a particular area
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front
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the area where air masses meet and do not mix
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humidity
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A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
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hurricane
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A tropical storm that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher, typically, about 600 kilometers across.
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isobars
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Lines on a map joining places that have the same air pessure.
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isotherms
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lines on map joining places that have the same temperature
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mesophere
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the middle layer in which most metorids burn up
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