Chapter 2: Section 1

Weather

Remember…

Wind

Water

Humidity

Relative Humdity: measure of the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.

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.

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