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air temperature altitude Antarctica anticyclone ascent atmosphere Barometer British Isles calm Cape Evans cause centre CHAPTER clear climate cloudless coast cold air cold front colder condensation convection cooling cumulus clouds cyclone damp depression earth east Equator especially Europe evaporation falls feet föhn föhn wind freezing-point ground Gulf Stream heat heavy Helwan hemisphere high pressure humidity inches insolation intense interior isobars July June land less maximum mean annual Mean Rainfall mean temperature Mediterranean miles monsoon month mountain night north-east north-west northern hemisphere ocean owing plateau Polar precipitation radiation rain rainy range rapidly records régime region rise Sahara saturated sea-level season skies slopes snow sometimes south-east south-west southerly stratus stratus cloud summer sunshine sunshine records surface air temperate latitudes thunderstorms trade-wind deserts tropical type of rainfall usually valleys vapour Wadi Halfa warmer weather westerlies winter