Precipitation
This type of precipitation falls when the temperature is above freezing.
This type of cloud is flat and gray and may bring a light drizzling rain.
What is stratus?
This air pressure brings happy, sunny weather.
What is high pressure?
What is from the sea towards the land?
This weather tool is used to measure the temperature.
What is thermometer?
This type of precipitation falls when the temperature is below freezing all the way to the clouds from the ground.
What is snow?
This type of cloud is big, dark and gray and can bring very strong thunderstorms and hail.
What is cumulonimbus?
This air pressure brings rainy, overcast and stormy weather.
What is low pressure?
What is from the land to the sea?
This weather tool is used to measure the air pressure.
What is barometer?
This type of precipitation falls when snow melts on the way down and refreezes to make ice pellets.
What is sleet?
This type of cloud is white and puffy and brings fair weather.
What is cumulus?
Hot air over the sand forms this type of air pressure.
What is Low pressure system?
Hot air molecules push far apart from each other and make the air less dense so it rises up.
Wind blows from this pressure to this pressure.
What is high to low pressure?
Susan noticed that the wind was blowing from the North at 16 miles per hour. She also measured that it had rained 2 inches. What three tools did Susan use?
What is a wind vane, anemometer and rain gauge?
This type of precipitation falls as liquid rain and freezes to form an icy glaze on everything it touches. It is very dangerous.
What is freezing rain?
This type of cloud is gray and blanket like and can bring heavy rain with no storms.
What is nimbostratus?
Cold air forms this type of air pressure.
What is high pressure?
All the molecules huddle together and make the air very heavy and dense.
Today the temperature is going to be in the 60's with a small chance of precipitation. This describes the weather or the climate.
What is weather?
A hurricane is coming and the wind speed is measured to be 110 miles per hour. It has dumped 9 inches of rain and the pressure is falling. What tools were used to get this information?
What is a anemometer, rain gauge and barometer?
This type of precipitation can come from cumulonimbus clouds. Most of the time it is small, but sometimes the precipitation can be as big as a baseball.
What is hail?
This type of cloud is high and icy. It is wispy and looks like a feather and brings fair weather.
What is cirrus?
A weatherman says that a low pressure system is moving into the area. The temperature is above 32 degrees. What would you expect the weather to be?
It is usually cold in the polar zones and warm near the equator. This describes the weather or the climate.
What is climate?
The name of the person who studies weather.
What is a meteorologist?