Weather Tools
This is the tool that measures the amount of precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
These clouds are gray and low in the sky. They look like a gray blanket that covers the sky. They can bring rain.
What are stratus clouds?
This is a large body of air with about the same temperature and humidity
What is an air mass?
This is the direction weather moves in the US.
What is West to East?
This is a large storm that forms over the ocean. It brings strong winds and heavy rain.
What is a hurricane?
This is a type of tool that measures wind direction
What is weather vane or wind vane?
These clouds are white and puffy. They look like cotton balls in the sky; you see them in fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
This is a place where 2 different air masses meet. It will be cloudy and possibly precipitation.
What is a front?
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere it is this season in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is winter?
This is a quick moving ribbon of air that can greatly affect the weather.
What is the jet stream?
This type of tool measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
These are large storm clouds. They can bring lightening and thunder.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
This is when a cold air mass bumps into a warm air mass. The temperature drops and there will be bad storms.
What is a cold front?
This is the ocean current that travels along the coast of NC. It keeps the NC coast having mild winters.
What is the Gulf Stream?
This type of air pressure brings cloudy or stormy weather.
What is Low pressure?
This tool measures air pressure.
What is barometer?
These clouds are the highest clouds. They are whispy and look like feathers in the sky. You see them during fair weather, but they can mean rain in a few days.
What are cirrus clouds?
This is when a warm air mass meets a colder air mass. The temperature will go up and there will be light precipitation.
What is a warm front?
This is the unusual COOLING of the Pacific Ocean.
What is La Nina?
This is the unusual WARMING of the Pacific Ocean.
What is El Nino?
This tool measures air humidity.
These are clouds that are at or near the ground.
What is fog?
This forms when 2 air masses meet and stop moving. It can stay for several days.
What is a stationary front?
This is an ocean breeze that happens at night due to temperature change. The temperature over the sea is warmer than the land.
What is land breeze?
This is an ocean breeze that happens during the day due to temperature change. The temperature over the land is warmer than the sea.
What is sea breeze?