weather instruments
weather instruments
Thunderstorms
Weather forms and precipitation
Winds
100
Measures air temperature
What is thermometer
100
measures the amount of precipitation
What is rain gauge
100
A large, rotating updraft in a supercell thunderstorm
What is mesocyclone
100
drops of liquid water that have a diameter of less than .5 millimeter and fall from clouds to Earth
What is drizzle
100
A wind that reverses its direction from season to season
What is monsoons
200
measures atmospheric pressure
What is barometer
200
indicates the direction of the wind
What is weather vane
200
A fierce single updraft thunderstorm
What is supercell
200
Water vapor in the air that touches the cooler ground and turns to a liquid
What is dew
200
A concentrate downward blast of wind
What is downbusrts
300
measures wind speed
What is anemometer
300
measures the distance from the ground to the base of the clouds
What is ceilometer
300
The thunderstorm stage marked by the arrival of precipitation
What is mature stage
300
A narrow funnel of powerful rapidly whirling wind that stretches from a cloud to the ground
What is tornado
300
Surface winds that blow from high pressure regions toward the equator
What is trade winds
400
uses radio waves to detect objects and measure their distance
What is radar
400
maps that give a summary of the weather conditions throughout the entire country at a single point in time
What is surface weather charts
400
An electron stream that jerkily travels from a cloud during a thunderstorm
What is stepped leader
400
A localized storm involving lightning, thunder, strong winds, and heavy rain
What is thunderstorms
400
the change in direction of winds caused by the Earth's rotation
What is Coriolis effect
500
measures relative humidity
What is hygrometer
500
An instruments that simultaneously measures and transmits meteorological data from weather balloons to weather stations
What is radiosonde
500
which type of clouds are thunderstorm clouds
What is cumulonimbus
500
State of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather
500
A tropical cyclone with wind speeds between 39 miles per hour and 74 miles per hour
What is tropical storm
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