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Grade 6 Science · Problem type
Stormy or fair?
Use this to predict the weather from pressure, fronts and rising or sinking air.
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What weather is likely next?
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Assumptions
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Rising air cools, and its water vapor condenses into clouds.
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Sinking air warms, and clouds dry up.
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A falling barometer means low pressure is coming; a rising one means high pressure.
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