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Chapter 2: Section 1
Weather
Remember…
Wind
Water
Humidity
What?
Relative Humdity: measure of the
amount of water vapor present in
the air compared to the amount
needed for saturation at a specific
temperature.
Relative Humdity: measure of the amount
of water vapor present in the air compared
to the amount needed for saturation at a
specific temperature.
Dew Point
• Cold air can only hold so much water
– “the temperature at which air is saturated and
condensation forms is the dew point.”
Clouds
Stratus Clouds
Cumulus Clouds
Cirrus Clouds
Types of Types of Clouds
Precipitation
Precipitation Continued
Websites
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/weather/clouds/cloud_id.html
http://www.wxdude.com/page9.html
http://www.wxdude.com/question.html