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Word List hot humid humidity hurricane ice lightning melt meteorologist meteorology mist monsoon precipitation pressure radar rain rain gauge relative humidity shower snow snowdrift storm temperature thermometer thunder tornado twister typhoon weather weather vane whirlwind wind

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1.   humid    An instrument for measuring temperature.    The sound emitted by rapidly expanding gases that has been heated by lightning.    A person who studies the Earth's atmosphere, especially its patterns of climate and weather.    A relatively high level of moisture in the air.

2.   twister    The condition of the outside air, the atmosphere of the earth, at a given time and place. The current condition can be explained in terms of temperature, dew point, winds, air pressure, clouds, visibility, and other meteorological conditions.    1. A powerful, funnel-shaped, rotating column of air, which extends from the surface of the earth to a convective cloud. Also known as a tornado. 2.    Air that spins around at high speeds and with great force. The air rotates rapidly around a core of low pressure. These are usually not as strong as hurricanes or tornados.    Water vapor in the atmosphere that condenses and falls from the sky to earth.

3.   shower    A storm system in the western North Pacific and Indian Oceans with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or greater.    An instrument used to measure the amount of rain that has fallen.    A brief rainfall.    An instrument that indicates the wind direction.

4.   rain gauge    An instrument used to measure the amount of rain that has fallen.    A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, that may include strong winds, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning.    A thin gray cloud of water droplets that condenses in the atmosphere just above the ground. It does not reduce visibility as much as fog.    A violent, whirling storm with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or greater and usually very heavy rain. This storm system has an eye at its center, where the weather is calm and pleasant.

5.   precipitation    A relatively high level of moisture in the air.    A powerful, funnel-shaped, rotating column of air, which extends from the surface of the earth to a convective cloud. Also known as a twister.    Any and all forms of water, such as rain, snow, or hail, which falls from clouds and reaches the ground.    The movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

6.   wind    The movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.    The amount of water vapor in the air.    The change of a substance from its solid state to its liquid state, such as when ice changes to water.    An instrument used to detect distant objects and measure their range by how they scatter or reflect radio energy.

7.   hurricane    The study of weather. This science is concerned with the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.    White ice crystals that form when water vapor freezes in the air.    A violent, whirling storm with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or greater and usually very heavy rain. This storm system has an eye at its center, where the weather is calm and pleasant.    1. A powerful, funnel-shaped, rotating column of air, which extends from the surface of the earth to a convective cloud. Also known as a tornado. 2.

8.   temperature    A measure of how much heat an environment has and usually measured in Fahrenheit or Celsius.    Any and all forms of water, such as rain, snow, or hail, which falls from clouds and reaches the ground.    The weather feels this way when the temperature is relatively high.    A brief rainfall.

9.   radar    An instrument used to detect distant objects and measure their range by how they scatter or reflect radio energy.    The force per unit area exerted by the weight of the atmosphere above a point on the earth's surface.    Frozen water.    The seasonal shift of winds, which generate periods of heavy rainfall. This weather system is mainly associated with the summer systems that develop over Southeast Asia and India.

10.   snowdrift    The force per unit area exerted by the weight of the atmosphere above a point on the earth's surface.    The amount of water vapor in the air divided by the total amount of water that the air could hold.    A sudden release of electricity that can jump between a cloud and the earth or between clouds.    A bank of snow piled up by the wind

11.   rain    Any and all forms of water, such as rain, snow, or hail, which falls from clouds and reaches the ground.    The amount of water vapor in the air divided by the total amount of water that the air could hold.    Water vapor in the atmosphere that condenses and falls from the sky to earth.    An instrument used to detect distant objects and measure their range by how they scatter or reflect radio energy.

12.   meteorology    A person who studies the Earth's atmosphere, especially its patterns of climate and weather.    The study of weather. This science is concerned with the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.    White ice crystals that form when water vapor freezes in the air.    The sound emitted by rapidly expanding gases that has been heated by lightning.