Weather Vocab

the atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a certain place at a certain time.

• Weather

• air pressure

• relative humidity

• dew point

temperature at which air is fully saturated because of decreasing temperatures while holding the amount of moisture constant.

• Dew point

• water cycle

• weather

• relative humidity

the amount of water vapor in the air.

• precipitation

• water cycle

• air pressure

• humidity

the pressure that a column of air exerts on the air, or a surface, below it.

• humidity

• relative humidity

• air pressure

• precipitation

water, in liquid or solid form, that falls from the atmosphere.

• water cycle

• dew point

• humidity

• precipitation

the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air could contain at that temperature.

• dew point

• relative humidity

• air pressure

• weather

the series of natural processes by which water continually moves throughout the hydrosphere.

• humidity

• weather

• relative humidity

• water cycle

a large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside of the system.

• high-pressure system

• low-pressure system

• front

• tornado

a large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside of the system.

• blizzard

• tornado

• air mass

• low-pressure system

a large area of air that has uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

• front

• air mass

• tornado

• hurricane