Equipment
A device used to measure temperature.
Thermometer
An instrument used for showing the direction of wind.
Wind Vane
Clouds with flat bases described as being fluffy
Cumulous
Water falling from clouds in separate water droplets.
Rain
The boundary of an advancing mass of cold air
Cold Fronts
A device used to measure air pressure.
Barometer
An instrument used to measure speed of wind.
Anemometer
Clouds that are short and detached.
Cirrus
Water falling from clouds in the form of crystalized ice.
Snow
The boundary of an advancing mass of warm air
Warm Fronts
A device used to measure rainfall.
Rain Gauge
An instrument used to measure humidity.
Hygrometer
Low level clouds described by horizontal layering.
Stratus
Water falling from clouds in the form of ice pellets, often mixed with rain and snow.
Sleet
A transition zone between two fronts.
Stationary Fronts
An instrument to measure wind speed and wind direction.
Wind Sock
A balloon sent into the atmosphere to provide information about the weather.
Weather Balloon
Thin, sheet-like clouds that cover the whole sky.
Cirrostratus
Pellets of frozen rain falling from clouds.
Hail
A composite front produced by occlusion
Occluded
A hygrometer consisting of a wet- bulb and a dry-bulb being used to measure humidity.
Psychrometer
Low level patches of clouds ranging from light white to dark in color.
Stratocumulus