Vocabulary
Measures Temperature
Thermometer
Measures Rainfall
Rain Gauge
Long-term Patterns
Climate
Rotating Column of Air
Tornado
Water Vapor in Air
Humidity
Measures Air Pressure
Barometer
Short-Term atmospheric conditions
weather
Large Tropical Storm
Hurricane
Boundary between air masses
Front
Measures wind speed
anemometer
Average conditions over decades
climate
Extended lack of rainfall
drought
Water changing to vapor
evaporation
Measures wind direction
wind vane
What causes seasons?
Earth's tilted axis & orbit around the sun
Storm Surge
hurricane-related coastal flooding