Weather Equipment or Tools
anemometer
thin, new ice formed on freshwater or dew-covered surface
black ice
Rain that freezes on contact
freezing rain
Flat low-level clouds.
STRATUS
flash flood
measures atmospheric pressure
barometer
the historical record of daily and seasonal weather events
climate
Precipitation of small balls or other pieces of ice (hailstones) falling separately or frozen together in irregular lumps. (Associated with thunderstorms)
hail
A violently rotating column of air, usually forming a pendant from a cumulonimbus cloud with the circulation reaching the ground.
TORNADO
A hurricane that forms in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Typhoon
measures wind direction
weather vane
the moisture condensed on objects near the ground
dew
Solid grains of ice form from freezing raindrops of refreezing of melting snow.
Sleet
The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere, where temperature increases with height.
STRATOSPHERE
A submarine earthquake, volcano, or landslide generates an ocean wave. (Also known as a seismic sea wave, and incorrectly as a tidal wave
TSUNAMI
measure amount of precipitation
rain gauge
Rain, snow, sleet, hail that falls to the ground
precipitation
a large mass of rapidly moving snow downhill
avalanche
Strong windes concentrated within a narrow band in the atmosphere.
jet stream
The lowest layer of the atmosphere where the temperature decreases with height. Most of the earth's weather occurs in this layer.
TROPOSPHERE
Gives data about daily weather at HopeTree
Weather station
clouds that form at the Earth's surface that reduces visibility
fog
Highly organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, known as a mesocyclone.
Supercell
An instrument attached to a weather balloon which measures and transmits pressure, humidity, temperature, and winds as it ascends.
Radiosonde
Equals one nautical mile per hour.
Knot