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cold weather
a period of unusually cold weather
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fair weather, sunshine, temperateness
moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
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hot weather
a period of unusually high temperatures
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thaw, thawing, warming
warm weather following a freeze, when snow and ice melt
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downfall, precipitation
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
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wave
a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
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elements
violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)
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air current, current, current of air, wind
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
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atmosphere, atmospheric state
the weather or climate at some place
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good weather
weather suitable for outdoor activities
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bad weather, inclemency, inclementness
weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
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airstream
a relatively well-defined prevailing wind
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calm, calm air
wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
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air, breeze, gentle wind, zephyr
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
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chinook, chinook wind, snow eater
a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
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harmattan
a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter
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cold wave
a wave of unusually cold weather
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freeze, frost
weather cold enough to cause freezing
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crosswind
wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
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foehn, fohn
a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
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khamsin
an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring
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Santa Ana
a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast
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high wind
a very strong wind
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headwind
wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft
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catabatic wind, katabatic wind
a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air
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tailwind
wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft
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doldrums
a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
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east wind, easter, easterly
a wind from the east
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northwest wind, northwester
a wind from the northwest
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sou'wester, southwester
a strong wind from the southwest
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sou'easter, southeaster
a strong wind from the southeast
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fine spray
precipitation in very small drops
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gale
a strong wind moving 34–40 knots; force 8 on Beaufort scale
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blast, blow, gust
a strong current of air
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hail
precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
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scorcher
an extremely hot day
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sultriness
oppressively hot and humid weather
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heat wave
a wave of unusually hot weather
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monsoon
a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
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monsoon
any wind that changes direction with the seasons
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boreas, north wind, norther, northerly
a wind that blows from the north
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prevailing wind
the predominant wind direction
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rain, rainfall
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
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samiel, simoom, simoon
a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
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sleet
partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
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snow, snowfall
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
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virga
light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)
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south wind, souther, southerly
a wind from the south
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squall
sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
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thermal
rising current of warm air
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draft, draught
a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
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west wind, wester
wind that blows from west to east
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air mass
a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally
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anticyclone
(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
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cyclone
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
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fog, fogginess, murk, murkiness
an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
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calmness
an absence of strong winds or rain
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clemency, mildness
good weather with comfortable temperatures
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raw weather
unpleasantly cold and damp weather
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storminess
the state of being stormy
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cloud cover, cloudiness, overcast
the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
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turbulence
instability in the atmosphere