Water Cycle
Sun
Puffy low level clouds
Cumulus
Measures temperature
Thermometer
What type of weather do high pressure systems bring?
Happy Weather (Sunny Skies)
Hurricane
When the sun heats the water it will
evaporate
Thin feathery high level clouds
Cirrus
Measures air pressure
Barometer
What type of weather do low pressure systems bring?
Lousy weather (rainy or stormy weather)
This band of air runs West to East across the United States.
Jet Stream
When water rises into the atmosphere and then cools it...
condenses
Stratus
Measures wind direction
Wind Vane
A cold air mass that brings dry weather and possible rain showers.
Cold Front
The band of warm water that flows up the Atlantic Coast and warms coastal temperatures
Gulf Stream
Water is evaporated from the leaves of plants
Transpiration
What kind of weather do cumulus clouds indicate?
Fair weather
Measures wind speed
Anemometer
A warm air mass that brings warm humid air and possible thunderstorms
Warm Front
Warm water in the Pacific that causes strange weather patterns around the globe
El Nino
Four types of precipitation
Rain Sleet Hail Snow
What kind of weather do stratus clouds indicate?
Two tools uses to measure precipitation
Rain=Rain Gauge
Snow=Ruler
What happens when two fronts collide?
Precipitation/Storms
What is the weather like in the Southern Hemisphere during summer in the Northern Hemisphere?
Winter