Weather
The day-to-day state of the atmosphere for a certain area
What is Weather
The weight of air pressing against a surface?
What is air pressure?
What type of clouds generally mean the weather is going to be fair?
What are cumulus clouds?
______ includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail that fall from clouds.
What is precipitation
What does an anemometer measure?
What is wind speed?
The weather in a certain area averaged over many years
What is climate
If the air pressure reading on a barometer is falling, what can you expect?
What is story weather and strong winds?
What type of clouds usually bring light rain and drizzle?
Thunderstorms tend to develop during what kind of weather conditions?
What weather instrument measure air pressure?
What is a barometer?
Factors like cloudiness, wind speed, precipitation and temperature are used to describe _________?
What is weather
What weather can you expect with a high air pressure mass?
What clouds look like feathers?
what are cirrus clouds
Where does a hurricane form
What is over warm, tropical water
What weather tool is used to measure the amount of precipitation that has fallen?
What is a rain gauge?
What object in the solar system affects weather conditions on Earth?
What is the Sun?
What type of clouds are fluffy and white with flat bottoms?
What are cumulus clouds?
What is the name of the tall dark cloud that can produce thunderstorms?
what is a cumulonimbus cloud
Name 3 weather conditions you can see during a thunderstorm
What is thunder, lightening, and heavy rain
What tool is used to measure air temperature?
What is a thermometer?
Rain, snow, fog, etc. are common?
What is weather events?
What type of clouds are smooth, gray and cover the whole sky?
What cloud is associated with fair weather, but often means that precipitation will fall within several hours?
What are cirrus clouds?
A _______ can form from a thunderstorm as the wind changes direction and the air starts to rotate
What is a tornado
Meteorologists use weather data to create ______?
What is forecasts (predictions)