A tool that measures how much precipitation has come down in a certain area.
What is a rain gauge?
Which temperature scale is used mostly in the US and a few other countries?
What is Fahrenheit?
The extreme weather phenomenon formed when cool air and warm air collide violently, usually involving a funnel cloud.
What is a tornado?
The job title of people who study patterns in the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
The name of precipitation that falls but evaporates before hitting the ground.
What is virga?
What is a wind sock?
Which temperature scale is used in most of the world outside of the US?
What is Celsius?
The extreme weather phenomenon formed when air is forced upward over areas of very warm ocean water.
What is a hurricane?
The information represented by the first two numbers shown in most daily weather forecasts.
What are the high and low temperature?
The name of the curve-shaped reaction between light and precipitation in the atmosphere.
What is a rainbow?
A tool that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
Which temperature scale is mostly used by scientists?
What is kelvin?
The weather phenomenon in which a weak tornado forms over water.
What is a waterspout?
The information in a forecast measured in Miles per Hour (mph)?
What is wind speed?
The full name of the acronym radar.
What is Radio Detection and Ranging?
A tool that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
The freezing point of water on the Celsius scale is how many degrees?
What is 0 degrees Celsius?
What is hail?
The information in a forecast represented by the sun and moon icons.
What is sunrise/sunset and the rising/setting of the moon?
What is a groundhog?
A tool that sends out signals to detect precipitation in the air
What is radar?
What is the difference in degrees between the boiling point and freezing point of water on the Fahrenheit scale? (think about math)
What is 180 degrees Fahrenheit?
The calm, central part of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
Water released from clouds in the form of rain, snow, or hail.
What is precipitation?
The conditions in the atmosphere in a specific place at a specific time.
What is weather?