Weather Forecasting Tools
Weather Conditions
Atmosphere
Precipitation
Weather Map
Grab Bag
100
This measures thermal energy
What is a thermometer?
100
Farmers often make irrigation and water storage plans to protect their crops against this weather condition.
What is a drought?
100
These two elements make up the majority of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen and Oxygen?
100
At sea level this type of precipitation would be falling.
What is rain?
100
According to this weather map, this state is expecting storm clouds forming and precipitation.
What is Texas?
100
The ozone layers protects us from this.
What is ultraviolet radiation?
200
This measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
200
This type of cloud is dark and heavy and often brings thunderstorms with heavy rain, thunder, and lightning.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
200
Weather occurs in this atmospheric layer.
What is Troposphere
200
This type of precipitation begins in the clouds as solid ice crystals and remains a solid ice crystal all the way to the ground.
What is snow?
200
According to the weather map, Virginia will experience this type of weather as the high-pressure system moves in over the next 24-hour period.
What is sunny with clear skies?
200
The temperature does this as altitude increases in the troposphere.
What is decreases?
300
This measures wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
300
This type of weather is described as a dark funnel-shaped cloud that produced extreme winds.
What is a tornado?
300
This atmospheric layer is above the ozone layer where temperatures drop as altitude increases.
What is the Mesosphere?
300
These are large storms that form over the ocean and use warm water as their energy source.
What are hurricanes?
300
This front is represented on a weather map with this symbol.
What is a stationary front?
300
This causes a flight attendant's ears pop at the airplane's altitude increases.
What is air pressure decreasing?
400
This measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
This type of weather front is seen below.
What is a cold front with thunderstorms?
400
Engineers work to solve problems in this atmospheric layer when a hole formed in our ozone.
What is the stratosphere?
400
An example of this is: average yearly rainfall in Lynchburg is 42 inches.
What is climate?
400
This pressure system brings clear and cloudless skies.
What is high pressure?
400
If treads continue, on Day 4 we will have these conditions.
What are increasing temperatures, lower pressures, and lower humidity?
500
This measures humidity
What is a hygrometer?
500
This type of front is shown:
What is a warm front?
500
The atmosphere makes conditions on Earth suitable for living by doing these three things.
What is keeping the planet warm, providing oxygen, and protect us from small meteors.
500
This starts as snow high in cold air layers, but as it falls through a thick layer of warm air, it melts. If it hits frozen ground, it almost instantly freezes and quickly coats roads and trees with a slippery layer of ice.
What is freezing rain?
500
This pressure system brings clouds and precipitation.
What is a low pressure system?
500
These instruments are needed to generate the following weather forecast.
What are thermometer, anemometer, barometer, and rain gauge.