Weather Tools
A person who studies weather.
Meteorologists
They help meteorologists predict the weather.
Clouds
Remain frozen all the way to the ground.
Snow
The transformation from liquid to gas phase as it moves from the ground or body of water
Evaporation
When the demand for water gets greater than the supply of water.
Drought
Measures the amount of precipitation,
such as rain
Rain Gauge
Fluffy and white, and have a flat bottom. Look like cotton balls.
Cumulus
Remain in liquid form all the way to the ground.
Rain
Condensed water vapors that falls to the ground.
Precipitation
Can be caused by rapid snow melt, tropical cyclones, or a blockage of water.
Flood
Measures the direction the wind is blowing.
Wind Vane
They are up high in the sky. They are thin and feather like.
Cirrus
Start frozen, then melt, then refreeze as it falls to the ground.
Sleet
The transformation of water vapor into gas/liquid droplets in the air, creating clouds.
Condensation
Has violent spinning column of air with up to 300 mph winds.
Tornadoes
Measures the wind speed (strength).
Wind Sock
Smooth, gray blanket covering the sky. See rain and drizzle with this cloud.
Stratus
Start as rain, cycle of falling and being blown up, collecting more water, re-freezing. Once too heavy, fall to the ground
Hail
A natural process of constantly recycling the water in the atmosphere?
The water cycle.
More than a million happen each year, some are so small we do not notice it occurred.
Earthquake
Measures air pressure.
Barometer
Are larger and darker, and look like burnt marshmallows. Produce thunderstorms.
Cumulonimbus
Can be confused as freezing rain.
Sleet
During the water cycle, water changes into three stages of mater, what are they?
Solid, liquid, gas
Caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or underwater explosions.
Tsunamis