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atmospheric state

/ˌˈætməˌsfɪrɪk steɪt/
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Definitions of atmospheric state
  1. noun
    the weather or climate at some place
    synonyms: atmosphere
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    types:
    air mass
    a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally
    anticyclone
    (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
    cyclone
    (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
    fog, fogginess, murk, murkiness
    an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
    high
    an air mass of higher than normal pressure
    depression, low
    an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
    fug
    (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere
    type of:
    atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition
    the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
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