Clouds
Hurricanes
Weather Tools
Weather Terms
Weather Definitions
100
Cumulus
What are puffy clouds that usually mean fair weather?
100
violent storm
What is a hurricane?
100
thermometer
What is an instrument used to measure temperature?
100
solar energy
What is energy from the sun?
100
weather
What is the state of atmospheric conditions at a particular time?
200
Stratus
What are low, layered clouds that mean stormy weather?
200
Low pressure areas over warm oceans
What gives birth to a hurricane?
200
rain gauge
What is an instrument used to measure the amount of rain that has fallen?
200
climate
What is weather in a large area over a long time?
200
temperature
What is a measure of how hot or cold the air is?
300
Cirrus
What are high, thin, feathery clouds that often mean good weather?
300
An area of calm
What is the eye of a hurricane?
300
hygrometer
What is an instrument that is used to measure relative humidity?
300
meteorology
What is the scientific study of weather?
300
humidity
What is a measure of the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere?
400
Nimbus
When naming clouds, how do you indicate rain?
400
150 to 180 mph
What are the wind speeds in a hurricane?
400
barometer
What is an instrument that is used to measure air pressure?
400
precipitation
What is moisture that falls from the sky in the form of a liquid or a solid?
400
wind
What is the horizontal movement of air over the earth's surface?
500
High, thin, bumpy clouds
What are cirrocumulus clouds?
500
60 miles wide
How big can a hurricane be?
500
anemometer
What is an instrument that is used to measure wind speed?
500
weather balloon
What is used to measure temperature, air pressure and humidity and radio this information to a weather station?
500
weather forecast
What is a prediction of what weather conditions will be over a period of time?
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