Weather Instruments
All about the Air
Clouds
Precipitation
Stormy Weather
100
People who study the weather.
What are meteorologists?
100
The weight of the air pressing on earth's surface.
What is air pressure?
100
The latin word for rain.
What is nimbus?
100
Moisture that falls from the cloud.
What is precipitation?
100
Most common type of storm.
What is a thunderstorm?
200
The average weather in one place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
The daily condition of the atmosphere at any particular place at any particular time.
What is weather?
200
What are stratus clouds?
200
Formed when liquid water droplets in the clouds become heavy and fall to earth. Occurs during all seasons.
What is rain?
200
Gets it energy from warm ocean waters.
What is a hurricane?
300
Used to measure the air pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
When the air cools and becomes denser and sinks.
What is a high pressure?
300
White, rounded, puffy clouds that bring fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
300
Water droplets in the cloud freeze and turn into ice crystals. They group together and fall when they are too heavy. This can happen in late fall, winter, or early spring.
What is snow?
300
Meteorologists Tom observed warm air temperature, a twisting column of air shaped like a funnel, hail and rain.
What is a tornado?
400
Used to measure the amount of moisture in the air.
What is a hygrometer (hydrometer)?
400
Created when the air heats up, expands, and rises.
What is low pressure?
400
What type of weather can the residents expect with this type of cloud?
What is a thunderstorm?
400
Starts as a snowflake falling through a layer of warm air, it begins to melt, but refreezes into ice pellets when it falls through a layer of cold air.
What is sleet?
400
Most tornadoes in the United States seem to occur in this area of our country.
What is the Midwest and South (Tornado Alley)?
500
Used to measure the wind speed.
What is a anemometer?
500
Meteorologists Tom forecasts tomorrow's weather will be rainy and possibly stormy due to this.
What is a low pressure?
500
The weather associated with this cloud.
What is fair weather?
500
Water droplets lifted upward into freezing temperatures until it becomes too heavy and falls to the ground. You may see this during a hurricane or tornado.
What is hail?
500
Least predictable storm.
What is a tornado?