Severe Weather
Weather Systems
Weather Instruments
Clouds
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This rotating column of water is like a tornado that forms over water.
What is a waterspout?
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The name of a divide between two different types of air masses.
What is a front?
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The weather instrument used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
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These clouds are white and puffy. When grey, rain is coming.
What are cumulus clouds?
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The name of the last hurricane to make landfall in North Carolina.
What is Florence?
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This government organization oversees the release of all weather warnings and watches.
What is the National Weather Service (NWS)?
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When cold air moves in under a warm air mass.
What is a Cold Front?
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This weather instrument is used to tell you the direction wind is blowing.
What is a wind vain?
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Most clouds are made of these.
What are water droplets?
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The scientific term used to describe rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
What is precipitation?
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This season starts on June 1 and runs to November 30 in the Atlantic Region.
What is Hurricane Season?
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When warm air moves in over a cold air mass.
What is a Warm Front?
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A weather element is measured using a barometer.
What is air pressure?
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These clouds are thin and wispy. They look like feathers and are made of ice crystals.
What are cirrus clouds?
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The direction the prevailing winds come from across the United States.
What is west?
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The US state receives the most lightning.
What is Florida?
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The weather pattern represented by a blue H on a weather map.
What is a high pressure system?
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The instrument used to measure wind speed.
What is anemometer?
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These clouds are like a huge blanket that are signs of rain when warm and snow when cold. When near the ground they form fog.
What are stratus clouds?
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In Fahrenheit, it is equal to -40 degrees Celsius.
What is -40 degrees F?
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This US state on average receives the most tornadoes every year.
What is Texas? (146.7/year)
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The color and shape demarcating a cold front on a weather map.
What is blue triangles?
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This instrument is used to measure humidity and were at one point made using human hair.
What is a hygrometer?
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This type of cloud forms over mountains. They look like flying saucers or ice cream scoops.
What are lenticular clouds?
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The shape of a rainbow.
What is a circle?
