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