Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to DayD. Appleton, 1887 - 472 páginas |
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anticyclone appearance Atlantic anticyclone atmosphere atmospheric circulation barogram barographic blue sky Britain calm centre changes chapter circulation cirro-cumulus cirro-stratus cirrus cloud cold cumulo-nimbus cumulus curve depression develop diagram direction distribution of pressure diurnal variation east easterly type eddies England Europe explain fall forecasting front gale give gradients halo heat hour Illustrations inch influence instance intensity isotherms low pressure marked mercury meteogram meteorology miles monsoon motion moving nature nearly non-isobaric north-east north-west northerly northern hemisphere observations pampero path portion prognostics radiation rain rainfall rear rising barometer round Scandinavia Scotland season secondary sequence of weather shape of isobars showers slope sometimes south-east south-west southerly squall station storm straight isobars stratus stripe surface synoptic charts synoptic meteorology temperature thunderstorms tion tornado trace tropics trough type of weather upper currents usually V-depression vapour velocity weather-changes wedge westerly whole wind
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