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adiabatic advection air masses aloft altitude anticyclone appears atmosphere circulation clouds coast cold air cold front colder component condensation convection cooling cumulus curve decrease diagram direction distribution earth effects energy equation forecasting freezing geostrophic wind ground heat height horizontal increase isallobaric isentropic charts isentropic surfaces isobars isotherms lapse rate latitude layer lower mean meteorological moist moisture motion moving Northern Hemisphere observed obtained occur ocean particles polar air potential temperature precipitation pressure gradient radiation rain region relative humidity represented Rossby saturation shown in Fig slope snow specific humidity speed stations stratosphere stratus summer synoptic temperature inversion thunderstorms tion tropical air tropical cyclones tropopause troposphere trough turbulence U.S. Weather Bureau United unstable upper upper-air upward velocity vertical warm air warm front warmer water vapor wave wavelengths wedge westerlies winter