Tools of the Trade
Measures the direction of the wind in compass degrees
Wind vane
Land absorbing the sun‘s energy more rapidly than water does.
Sea breeze
Puffy clouds (or piles of clouds)
Cumulus
Mountain breeze is also known as
Local wind
Made of water droplets or ice crystals that have coalesced or deposited around a particle of dust or some other condensation/freezing nucleus.
Clouds
Measures the amount of precipitation fallen in inches or centimeters.
Rain gauge
Frost forms by the process of
Deposition
These clouds never produce rain
Cirrus
Global winds that blow from the east
Easterlies or trade winds
The Equator gets consistent solar heating. As the hot air rises, it produces areas of -––– pressure.
Low
Measures wind speed in knots
Anemometer
This forms when warm air cools below the freezing point.
Dew
Flat layers of clouds
Stratus
Winds blow from areas of ——— to areas of ———
High pressure to low pressure
The two common reference points of the Celsius and Fahrenheit and temperature scales.
Celsius 0-100 degrees
Fahrenheit - 32-212 degrees
Measures air pressure in lb/in2, Pa, and other units
Barometer
The rate of change of air pressure between two points in the atmosphere.
Pressure gradient
Clouds that often bring rain
Nimbus
The path winds follow the path of cyclones and anticyclones is because (name at least 2 reasons).
the Coriolis effect
friction
the pressure gradient
Absolute humidity is measured in units of———— per cubic meter.
Grams
Measures humidity in percentages.
Hygrometer
Raindrops form as large cloud droplets begin to fall and collect other cloud droplets in a process known as
Coalescence
Prefix used for mid-altitude cloud types
Alto-
Winds circulate around a cyclone in the NorthernHemisphere in what direction.
Counterclockwise
Three main belts of global surface winds and their direction.
Trade winds - blow east to west (0-30 degrees)
Prevailing westerlies - blow from west to east (30-60 degrees latitude)
Polar easterlies (above 60 degrees latitude) and blows east to west