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| The most common severe storm, formed in cumulonimbus clouds |
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| A very large, swirling storm with very low pressure at the center |
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| The amount of water vapor in the air. |
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| The blanket of gases that surrounds Earth. |
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| The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it. |
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| a great rise of the sea along a shore caused by low air pressure |
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| The amount of the Sun’s energy that reaches Earth at a given time and place. Insolation is short for incoming solar radiation. |
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| the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth’s surface |
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| What the lower atmosphere is like at any given place and time. |
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| the continuous movement of water between Earth’s surface and the air, changing from liquid to gas to liquid. |
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| water in the form of a gas. |
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| A device for measuring air pressure. |
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| The slow changing of a liquid into a gas. |
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| The changing of a gas into a liquid. —condense v. |
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| Any form of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground. |
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| Precipitation that flows across the land’s surface or falls into rivers and streams. |
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| a comparison between how much water vapor is in the air and how much the air could hold at a given temperature if it were full, or saturated. |
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| A violent, whirling wind that moves across the ground in a narrow path. |
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