Instrumentation
Weather Basics
Storms A'coming
Up Up and Away
Climate
100
The instrument that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
Any naturally moving air
What is wind?
100
This storm has both strong winds and snow.
What is a blizzard?
100
Pilots should always take off in the direction in regards to the wind.
What is into the wind?
100
This is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place.
What is weather?
200
The weather instrument that shows wind direction.
What is a weather vane?
200
The measure of the amount of water in the air.
What is humidity?
200
A violently column of rotating air which can carry away a house.
What is a tornado?
200
This build-up of ice on the surfaces of the airplane can make it difficult to fly.
What is icing?
200
This is the weather condition in a geographic region over a long time period.
What is climate?
300
This device is used to measure precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
300
This is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
300
This storm has both high winds and heavy rains and forms over the warm waters of the ocean.
What is a hurricane?
300
Unlike in a house...this aviation element can be a hazard to pilots when it is to low.
What is a ceiling?
300
This climate is found close to the equator and is generally warm all year round.
What is a tropical climate?
400
This is an instrument that measures wind speed?
What is an anemometer?
400
Who uses weather instruments to study and predict the weather?
What is meteorologist?
400
This happens after a large amount of rain falls in a short amount of time over the same area.
What is a flash flood?
400
VFR conditions are the best flying weather..but these conditions are the worst.
What is VLIFR?
400
This is a seasonal shift in the winds, usually bringing moisture and rain.
What is a monsoon?
500
An instrument that measures humidity.
What is a hygrometer.
500
These are the 4 common forms of precipitation.
What is rain, sleet, snow, hail?
500
Balls of ice which fall from strong or severe thunderstorms.
What is hail?
500
These are weather from pilots.
What is pirep?
500
It is where all our weather comes from.
What is the sun?
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