Measuring Weather Conditions
Clouds and Precipitation
Predicting the Weather
Local Weather Patterns
Global Weather Patterns
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this measures the amount of rain that falls.
What is a rain gauge?
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this is a low sheetlike gray cloud that sometimes bring rain.
What is a stratus cloud?
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the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather?
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the type of precipitation that North Carolina mostly gets.
What is rain?
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the global winds that primarily effect the United States.
What are the westerlies?
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this shows wind direction, where the wind is coming from.
What is wind vane? (or weather vane)
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these are the four forms of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, sleet and hail?
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when a warm air mass meets a colder air mass and slowly rises over it.
What is a warm front?
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this is what each half of the Earth is called.
What is hemisphere?
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how the distance north or south of the equator is measured.
What is latitude?
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this measures the weight of the atmosphere pressing at a certain place.
What is a barometer?
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this is a high, wispy cloud made up of ice crystals.
What is a cirrus cloud?
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when a cold air mass bumps against a warm air mass this type of weather will most likely happen.
What is colder with thunderstorms?
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this word best describes the weather during the spring in North Carolina?
What is mild?
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this is an unusual warming of water in the Pacific Ocean.
What is El Nino?
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measures how fast the wind is blowing.
What is an anemometer?
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these are puffy clouds that are usually flat on the bottom, and are seen in nice weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
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this type of front will most likely bring clouds and precipitation that last for several days.
What is a stationary front?
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is a warm ocean current that helps keep weather along North Carolina's coast mild during the cooler months.
What is the Gulf Stream?
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this is what happens to the temperature when the polar jet stream brings air from the north farther south.
What is the temperature will fall?
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measures the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
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you see these clouds in fair weather, but rainy weather often follows in a day or two.
What are cirrus clouds?
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when the air pressure decreases this kind of weather is most likely on the way.
What is stormy weather?
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this forms over warm ocean water and can bring strong winds and heavy rain to North Carolina's coast in the summer or fall.
What is a hurricane?
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a current in the upper atmosphere?
What is jet stream
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