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| any form of water that falls from a cloud |
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| the process of changing a liquid to a gass |
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| the opposite process where water vapor changes to the liquid stat |
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| the conversion of a solid directly to a gas, without passing the liquid state |
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| the conversion of a vapor directly to a solid |
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| the general term for the amount of water vapor in the air |
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| the number of vapor molecules returning to the survace will balance the number leaving |
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| the temperature to which a parcel of air would need to be cooled to reach saturation |
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| realative humidity is measure using this |
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| rate of cooling or heating applies only to unsaturated air |
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| slower rate of cooling caused by the addition of latent heat |
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| elevated terrains, such as mountains act as barriers to air flow |
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| when masses of warm and cold air collide |
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| the most stable conditions when air temperature increases with height |
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| serve as surfaces for water-vapor condensation |
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| high white and thin clouds |
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| clouds consisting of rounded individual cloud masses |
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| best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky |
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| a cloud with its base at or very near the ground |
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| water in the liquid state below 0 degrees celcius |
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| when air is saturated with respect to water |
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| collision-coalescence process |
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| in warm clouds, the mechanism that forms raindrops |
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