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What powers the weather?    windback.jpg (2907 bytes)
There are two main features that combine to create most of our weather – the sun and moisture in the air. Together, these two are responsible for clouds, rain, thunderstorms and winds - and without them we would have no weather at all.
 

Now that we have looked at the first feature, sunshine, it is time to move onto the second.  Let's go to the next page to discover more about moisture in the air.
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