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Measurement that compares the amount of water vapor in the air with the amount the air can hold at a certain temperature
Relative Humidity
Scientist who studies weather
Meteorologist
Air Pressure
Air Pressure
An instrument used to measure air pressure
Barometer
Water vapor in the air
Humidity
Prediction of what the weather will be like in the future
Forecast
A ratio comparing a part to a whole using the number 100; this is the number of hundredths that the part is = to
Percent
The temperature at which a volume of air cannot hold any more water vapor
Dew Point
A type of radar that calculates distance and shows direction of movement
Doppler Radar
A large body of air having similar properties or weather conditions
Air Mass
A violent tropical storm that forms over warm oceans and whose winds have a velocity of at least 110 km per hour
Hurricane
A violent, funnel-shaped cloud witha extremely strong winds
Tornado
An instrument used to measure wind speed
Anemometer
An instrument used to measure relative humidity
Psychrometer
Boundary between warm and cold air masses
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