Falling rain passes through a layer of freezing-cold air and turns to ice
What is sleet
200
This happens inside clouds when small water droplets join to make larger droplets and fall to Earth.
What is precipitation
200
Fast-spinning spiral of wind that stretches from the clouds to the ground.
What is a tornado
200
This forms when warm air moves over cold air
What is warm front
300
measures wind speed
What is an anemometer
300
Water vapor turns into ice crystals instead of liquid
What is snow
300
This happens as water vapor rises and loses heat and turns back to a liquid.
What is condensation
300
A breeze moving from water to land
What is sea breeze
300
This forms when cold air mass moves under warm air mass
What is cold front
400
other common weather instruments
What are wind vane and rain gauges
400
Rain freezes and then falls to a warmer pocket of air. The frozen rain is coated with liquid water and then carried back up to a cold packet of air where it freezes again.
What is hail
400
After soaking into the ground, water ends up in this place