Stormy and rainy weather.
What does a cold front bring?
When cold air sinks.
What does a high pressure system do?
Happens when a warm front comes through.
When does light rain happen?
Tornado intensity scale with seven categories.
What is the Fujita scale?
Points in the direction the wind is blowing.
What is a wind vane?
Brings rain showers
What rain is associated with a warm front?
Happens when warm air sinks.
What is the result of a low pressure system?
Thunderstorms can form.
What is an effect of a cold front?
What is a tropic disturbance
Measures how much rain has fallen.
What does a rain gauge do?
Brings Rain, but will not move for a few days.
What is a stationary front?
Area going below 996 millibars at its core.
What is a low pressure system?
Heavy rain can form.
What is an effect from a cold front?
Tropic with winds from 0-39 mph.
What is tropical depression?
Measure wind speed.
What is the purpose of a anemometer?
Happens when a cold front catches up with a warm front or vice versa.
How does an occluded front form?
Pressure system holding 1024 millibars in its center.
What is a high pressure system?
A major thunderstorm that can easily down power lines with winds over 50 mph.
What is a severe thunderstorm?
Tropic with 40-73 mph.
What is a tropical storm
Measure relative humidity.
What does a hygrometer do?
Created when a cold front and warm front meet.
How does low pressure form?
An instrument using mercury to measure the air pressure.
What is a mercurial barometer?
A tool used to measure how much rain has fallen.
What is a rain gauge?
The instrument used to track major storms.
What is the purpose of a weather satellite?
Uses fronts, and pressure systems to predict the weather.
What is a weather map?