Weather Instruments
Severe Weather
Water Cycle
Weather Predictions
Weather Extremes
100
Instrument that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
Minimum wind threshold for a tropical storm.
What is 39 MPH?
100
Liquid that falls when a cloud becomes saturated.
What is rain?
100
A person who forecasts weather.
What is a meteorologist?
100
State that experiences the most tornadoes.
What is Texas?
200
Instrument used to record rainfall.
What is a rain guage?
200
Minimum wind threshold for a hurricane.
What is 74 MPH?
200
when water turns from a liquid to a gas during heating.
What is evaporation?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape.
What is a tornado?
200
State that experiences the most lighting.
What is Florida?
300
Instrument that measures pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
Rapid expansion of air around a lightning bolt.
What is thunder?
300
Ice crystals that form when water vapor condenses near the ground and freezes.
What is frost?
300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of warm water.
What is a hurricane?
300
Lowest recorded temperature in the United States (+/- 5 degrees).
What is -80 degrees? Fort Yukon, AK January 23, 1971(-70 at Medicine Lake, MT Jan 20 1954)
400
Instrument that measures wind speed.
What is anemometer?
400

Scale the measures tornado strength.

What is the EF or Fujita Scale?

400
Water in the form of a gas.
What is vapor?
400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall.
What is a flood?
400
Highest recorded temperature in the United States. (+/- 5 degrees)
What is 134 degrees? Death Valley, CA July 10 1913.
500
Instrument that measures humidity.
What is a hygrometer?
500
Widespread and long-lived wind associated with a line of t-storms. (One hit Baltimore/DC in 2011)
What is a dorecho?
500
When water vapor changes to a liquid through cooling.
What is condensation?
500
Another name for a hurricane. (2 possible answers)
What is a typhoon or a cyclone?
500
Highest seasonal snowfall total in Baltimore, MD (+/- 5")
What is 77 inches? (2009/10. 50" fell in February 2010)
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