Weather Instruments
Forms of precipitation
Clouds
Server Storms
100
It measures how much rain fell.Weather
What is a rain gauge?
100
Drops of water that are at least 0.5 mili. in diameter.
What is rain?
100
A cloud that produce thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
100
A rapidly whirling funnel -shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm to touch earths surface?
What is a tornado?
200
The instrument that measures wind.
What is an anemometer?
200
A form of precipitation made of ice crystals.
What is snow?
200
A big fluffy cloud that looks like cotton balls.
What is a cumulus clouds?
200
Heavy rainstorms accompanied by thunder and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
300
It is the instrument used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
300
raindrops that freeze into solid particles of ice as they fall.
What is sleet?
300
A cloud that is low in the sky and are layered?
What are stratus clouds?
400
It shows wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
400
Raindrops that freeze when they touch a cold surface.
What is freezing rain?
400
Wispy ,feathery clouds high in the sky?
What are cirrus clouds?
500
What is the instrument that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
500
Round pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeter in diameter.
What is Hail?
500
Clouds that form on the ground?
What is fog?
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