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| meteorology | the study of weather patterns |
| air mass | a large body of air with similar temperature and moisture properties |
| front | border formed between moving air masses |
| sea breeze | wind from the sea that moves over land |
| land breeze | wind from the land that moves toward the sea |
| humidity | the amount of water vapor in the air |
| weather forecasting | Attempts to observe weather patterns and predict the weather |
| coriolis effect | the rotation of Earth causes winds in the northern hemisphere to turn to the right, while in the southern hemisphere they turn to the left. |
| easterlies | the winds in the tropical latitudes that blow from the east |
| westerlies | the winds in the tropical latitudes that blow from the west |
| anemometer | weather instrument that measures wind speed |
| Weather vane or wind sock | weather instrument that measures wind direction |
| rain guage | weather instrument that measures precipitation levels |
| barometer | weather instrument that measures air pressure |
| themometer | weather instrument that measures air temperature |
| wet-dry bulb hygrometer | weather instrument that measures relative humidity |
