Clouds
This air current brings weather across the United States
What is the jet stream?
This weather instrument measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
This pressure system brings rainy weather
What is a low pressure system?
Thin, feathery, wispy, clouds that are high in the sky.
What are cirrus clouds?
This ocean current brings warm water up the east coast and helps warm the land.
What is the Gulf Stream?
An instrument that shows the direction wind is blowing from.
What is a wind vane?
This pressure system brings clear, sunny skies
What is a high pressure system?
An unusual warming of surface water in the Pacific Ocean that brings increased temperatures and increased precipitation
What is El Nino?
A storm that forms over warm ocean waters and loses power once it hits land.
What is a hurricane?
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
An unusual cooling of surface water in the eastern Pacific Ocean that brings decreased temperatures and decreased precipitation
What is La Nina?
This front brings cooler temperatures and violent storms.
What is a cold front?
A stationary front has formed over the area. What will the weather be like for the next several days?
cloudy and rainy
A cloud that forms on the ground
What is fog?
What will happen if the jet stream dips down south?
The temperature will decrease
This front brings warmer temperatures and can bring light rain/drizzle
What is a warm front?
This weather instrument measures the humidity in the air
What is a hygrometer?
On Sunday, the weather is sunny and warm. On Monday, the weather is cold and cloudy. How will the weather change from Sunday to Monday?
from a high pressure system to a low pressure system