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    Moisture in the air and atmosphere can exist in solid, liquid, or gaseous forms depending on temperature. Water vapor is water in its gaseous state, and can form through evaporation or sublimation. Humidity refers to the amount of water vapor in the air. Various instruments such as hygrometers and sling psychrometers are used to measure humidity. Wind is also affected by factors like temperature, humidity, and altitude. Different types of winds include local breezes, global winds like trade winds and monsoons, and mountain/valley winds. Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets or ice crystals. Cloud types are classified by their height and

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    Moisture in the air and atmosphere can exist in solid, liquid, or gaseous forms depending on temperature. Water vapor is water in its gaseous state, and can form through evaporation or sublimation. Humidity refers to the amount of water vapor in the air. Various instruments such as hygrometers and sling psychrometers are used to measure humidity. Wind is also affected by factors like temperature, humidity, and altitude. Different types of winds include local breezes, global winds like trade winds and monsoons, and mountain/valley winds. Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets or ice crystals. Cloud types are classified by their height and

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    Moisture in the air and atmosphere can exist in solid, liquid, or gaseous forms depending on temperature. Water vapor is water in its gaseous state, and can form through evaporation or sublimation. Humidity refers to the amount of water vapor in the air. Various instruments such as hygrometers and sling psychrometers are used to measure humidity. Wind is also affected by factors like temperature, humidity, and altitude. Different types of winds include local breezes, global winds like trade winds and monsoons, and mountain/valley winds. Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets or ice crystals. Cloud types are classified by their height and

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    Moisture in the air and atmosphere can exist in solid, liquid, or gaseous forms depending on temperature. Water vapor is water in its gaseous state, and can form through evaporation or sublimation. Humidity refers to the amount of water vapor in the air. Various instruments such as hygrometers and sling psychrometers are used to measure humidity. Wind is also affected by factors like temperature, humidity, and altitude. Different types of winds include local breezes, global winds like trade winds and monsoons, and mountain/valley winds. Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets or ice crystals. Cloud types are classified by their height and

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    MOISTURE Absolute Humidity - It is estimated as

    the exact quantity of water vapour or


    Evaporation
    moisture available in the air,
    • Evaporation is the process by which irrespective of the air’s temperature.
    a liquid turn into a gas.
    Transpiration is the process of water
    Condensation movement through a plant and its
    • Condensation is the process where evaporation from aerial parts, such as
    water vapor becomes liquid. leaves, stems and flowers.

    Sublimation Dew point temperature is defined as


    the temperature to which the air would
    • Solid-Gas have to cool (at constant pressure and
    Freezing constant water vapor content) in order
    to reach saturation.
    • Liquid-Solid
    Air Pressure and Wind
    Melting
    Air Pressure refers to the force exerted
    • Solid-Liquid by the weight of the air above a given
    Deposition point on Earth's surface.

    • Gas-Solid Wind is the moving air that we can feel


    but cannot see. It can be a gentle
    breeze or a strong gust.
    Matter can exist in a solid, liquid or
    gaseous state, and the state a Factors affecting air pressure:
    substance is in can be largely • Temperature
    determined by its temperature. • Humidity (amount of water vapor in
    Water vapour is water in gaseous the air)
    instead of liquid form. It can be formed • Altitude
    either through a process of evaporation Types of Winds
    or sublimation
    1. LOCAL WINDS
    Humidity is the amount of water vapor • Sea Breezes
    in a given volume of air. Knowing • Land Breezes
    exactly how much water is in the air in 2. Global Winds
    specific regions is essential for accurate
    • Trade Winds- Steady winds that
    weather forecasts.
    blow from east to west near the
    The amount of water in the air in equator
    relation to its temperature is referred to • Prevailing Westerlies- Winds that
    as relative humidity. blow from west to east in the mid-
    latitudes
    Hygrometer is an instrument used to
    • Prevailing Polar Easterlies- Cold
    measure the relative humidity of air, or
    winds that blow from east to west
    the amount of invisible water vapor in a
    near the poles
    given environment.
    3. Monsoons
    SLING PSYCHROMETER - Used to • Seasonal wind patterns that bring
    measure both the dry bulb and wet significant changes in wind direction
    bulb temperatures at time. These and intensity. They are common in
    temperatures are a measure of South Asia and parts of Africa and
    humidity content in air. Australia.
    4. Mountain and Valley Breezes Anemometer is an instrument that
    • These winds are caused by measures wind speed and wind
    temperature differences between pressure.
    mountain slopes and valleys.
    Wind vane, also known as a weather
    5. Katabatic Winds
    vane or wind indicator, is a simple
    • Also known as gravity winds, these meteorological instrument used to
    are cold, dense winds that flow determine the direction from which the
    downhill under the influence of wind is blowing.
    gravity.
    6. Anabatic Winds
    • is a warm wind which blows up a CLOUDS
    steep slope or mountain side, driven
    by heating of the slope through • A cloud is a mass of water drops or
    insolation. ice crystals suspended in the
    7. Chinook Winds atmosphere.
    • Warm, dry winds that occur on the Clouds form when the invisible water
    leeward side of a mountain range, vapor in the air condenses into visible
    often causing rapid temperature water droplets or ice crystals.
    increases and snowmelt.
    8. Harmattan
    • A dry and dusty wind that blows Types of Clouds
    from the Sahara Desert across West High Clouds
    Africa, affecting the region's climate
    and visibility. • Stratus
    9. Cyclones and Hurricanes • Cumulus
    • These are powerful tropical storms • Nimbus
    with strong winds that rotate Low Clouds
    counterclockwise in the Northern
    Hemisphere and clockwise in the • Strato- cumulus
    Southern Hemisphere. • Nimbus- Stratus

    Hurricane – Northeast Pacific Ocean Middle Clouds


    and Atlantic • Alto- Stratus
    Typhoon – Northwest Pacific Ocean • Alto- cumulus

    Cyclone – South Pacific Ocean and


    Indian Ocean High Clouds
    • Cirrus
    10.Tornadoes • Cirro-Stratus
    • Highly localized, violent windstorms • Cirro- Cumulus
    characterized by a twisting, funnel-
    shaped cloud and extremely high
    wind speeds. Clouds with vertical growth

    Barometer is a scientific instrument • Cumulus


    used to measure atmospheric pressure, • Cumulo-nimbus
    also called barometric pressure.

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