Weather Instruments
Used to measure the air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Cloud type associated with lightning, hail, and tornadoes.
What is cumulonimbus?
Front that often leads to falling temperatures and clearing skies.
What is a cold front?
Air mass that forms over an ocean near the equator.
What is maritime tropical?
Day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere.
What is weather?
Measurements made with this instrument are based on the expansion and contraction of mercury or alcohol.
What is a thermometer?
Puffy white clouds with flat bases formed by rising air.
What is cumulus?
Front that forms when a cold front catches up to a warm front.
What is an occluded front?
An air mass that has cold, dry air.
What is continental polar?
Long-term average of weather patterns in a region.
What is climate?
Measures wind speed using spinning cups or propellers.
What is an anemometer?
Low-level clouds that often bring drizzle and fog-like conditions.
What is stratus?
Front most likely to produce thunderstorms and severe weather for a long duration.
What is a stationary front?
An air mass that forms over the desert in the southwestern United States.
What is continental tropical?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of this.
What is precipitation?
Measures humidity by comparing wet-bulb and dry-bulb temperatures.
What is a psychrometer?
Clouds found above 20,000 feet and made of ice crystals.
What is cirrus?
Front that brings light rain over a wide area for a long time.
What is a warm front?
An air mass that forms over northern Canada.
What is continental polar?
These two types of precipitation form in a cumulonimbus cloud.
What are rain and hail?
Uses reflected waves to locate precipitation.
What is Doppler radar?
Clouds formed when warm air is lifted gently over colder air.
What is stratus?
Front where warm air slowly rises over colder air.
What is a warm front?
Air mass responsible for heavy summer thunderstorms in the eastern U.S.
What is maritime tropical?
This type of precipitation occurs when the temperature at the base of the cloud is above 32oF and the temperature on the ground is below 32oF.
What is sleet?