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HUMIDITY

Vapor Pressure

Saturation

Relative Humidity

HUMIDITY MEASUREMENT

ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE CHANGES

CLOUDS

HOW CLOUDS FORM

PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES USED TO DESCRIBE CLOUDS


Cirro- High altitudes clouds Alto- Mid-altitude clouds Nimbo or Nimbus- Indicates that the cloud can produce precipitation Cumulo- Piled up clouds Strato- Flat, wide, layered clouds

TYPES OF CLOUDS
High: 16,500 to 40,000 ft
Cirrus Cirrocumulus Cirrostratus

Middle: 6,500 to 23,000 ft


Altocumulus Altostratus

Low: base near surface to 6,500 ft


Genus Stratocumulus Genus stratus

Moderate vertical from near surface to 10,000 ft


Genus cumulus Genus nimbostratus

Towering vertical from near surface to 10,000 ft


Genus cumulonimbus

Genus Cirrus (Ci)

Genus cirrocumulus (Cc)

Genus cirrostratus (Ct)

Genus altocumulus (Ac)

Genus altostratus

Genus stratocumulus

Genus stratus

Genus cumulus

Genus nimbostratus

Genus cumulonimbus

Nacreous (mother of pearl)

FOGS

WIND AND PRESSURE

Pressure Measurements

1013.2 milibar

FACTORS AFFECTING WIND


Pressure Gradient Force

FRICTION

Types of Winds
Cyclone - low pressure system, wind blows in a counterclockwise direction Anticyclone - high pressure system, clockwise wind circulation

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