dryadiabaticrate | | temperature where a parcel of air is saturated |
hygrometer | | directly converting a gas to a solid |
fog | | a curl of hair, or high, white, thin clouds |
localizedconvectivelifting | | directly converting a solid to a gas |
convergence | | rratio of actual water content to how much air can hold |
condensation | | process of changing a liquid to a gas |
stratus | | heat needed for a change of state |
frontalwedging | | a layer, or clouds that cover most of the sky |
relativehumidity | | lifting of air by the coming together of two winds |
cumulus | | process of changing a gas to a liquid |
sublimation | | rate of cooling or heating of unsaturated air |
evaporation | | all forms of water in the air |
deposition | | lifting of air bysmall areas of warm surface area |
precipitation | | lifting of air by air masses |
humidity | | tools used to measure humidity |
latent heat | | lifting of air by landforms, usually mountains |
wetadiabaticrate | | when the air is full of water |
orographiclifting | | amount of water vapor in the air |
dewpoint | | ground clouds |
cirrus | | a pile, or puffy individual clouds |
saturated | | rate of cooling of saturated air |