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| A huge block of air moving over the earth |
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| The weight of the air pressing down on the earth's surface |
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| Used to measure air pressure in millibars |
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| used to measure wind speed |
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| the average weather of a place over 30 years |
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| the state of the atmosphere |
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| how much of the sky is hidden by cloud, given in oktas (eighths) |
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| rain caused by the sun heating the ground which heats the air which rises to form clouds |
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| a weather system made up of two fronts, a warm front followed by a cold front . It brings wet and windy weather |
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| the leading edge of an air mass |
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| rain caused when a warm front meets a cold front. |
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| a person who studies weather and climate |
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| a warm current in the atlantic ocean |
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| rain caused as air is forced to rise over a hill or mountain |
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| water falling from the sky; it could fall as rain, sleet or snow |
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| an instrument used to measure temperature |
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