Weather+Words




 * Weather Words for Weather Data Collection and Prediction:**

Humidity - The amount of water vapor in the air.

Wind Speed- It's the speed of the wind according to an anemometer

Anemometer - A weather instrument that measures the wind speed.

Wind Chill - It’s the ‘feel like’ temperature on a cold day when you factor in the winds.

Wind Chill Factor - It’s a number that the cooling effect of moving air at different temperatures. Only air temperature and wind speed is used in the calculation of wind chill temperatures. A wind chill temperature of 30 degrees below zero or colder on exposed skin can cause frostbite in a very short period of time.

Wind - The movement of air relative to the surface of the earth. It’s considered to be severe if 58 m.p.h. or greater. Hurricane winds are 74 m.p.h or greater and the highest tornado winds are about 318 m.p.h.

Barometer - An instrument that measures air pressure.

Barometric Pressure - It’s the same as air pressure. The pressure exerted by the atmosphere at a given point.

Dew Point - The temperature at which water starts to condense out of a particular air mass. The dew point temperature changes only when the moisture content of the air changes. The higher the dew point, the greater the moisture content is in the air.

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