Vocabulary Wild Weather

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Funnel

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A type of cloud that has a wide circle at the top and a short tube at the bottom.

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Pellets

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Tiny balls of ice.

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Predict

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When you say something will happen before it does.

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Clings

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When something sticks to something else.

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Excess

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More than what is needed.

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Weather

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The state of the atmosphere at a place and time, including temperature, precipitation, and wind.

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Cloud

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A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere.

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Precipitation

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Any form of water that falls from clouds, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

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Hail

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Balls or irregular lumps of ice that fall from clouds.

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Tornado

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A rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud.