Cloud Features
Smooth gray clouds that cover the sky in layers.
What are stratus clouds?
A thermometer measures _____________?
What is air temperature?
______________ are the clouds that can form tornadoes.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
This type of cloud is seen during fair weather and is not made of ice crystals.
What are cumulus clouds?
This person gathers data about weather using a variety of instruments.
Who is a meteorologist?
Cirrus clouds look like this in the sky.
What is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals?
This instrument measures precipitation.
What is a rain gauge?
_____________ have extremely strong circular winds and can be the most violent type of storm.
What are tornadoes?
This type of cloud is made of ice crystals and is seen during fair weather. They often indicate that rain or snow may fall in several hours.
What are cirrus clouds?
This type of front happens when warm air pushes into cold air. It will produce light rain.
What is a warm front?
This cloud is puffy and white and looks like a big cotton ball.
What is a cumulus cloud?
This weather instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
_____________ are storms with strong winds that move in circles and are the largest storms on Earth.
What are hurricanes?
Stratus clouds are seen during _________________ weather.
What is light rain and drizzle?
________________ pressure air masses usually bring clouds, rain, and wind.
What is a low pressure air mass?
A cumulonimbus cloud has these features.
What is dark, flat-bottomed, and vertical?
This instrument measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
Hurricanes are storms that form over ____________.
What is warm ocean water?
Cumulonimbus clouds bring this type of weather.
What are thunderstorms and heavy rain?
A cold front happens when cold air pushes into warm air. It will produce _____________ weather?
What are thunderstorms followed by dry, clear conditions?
_____________ is a stratus cloud that forms low to the ground.
What is fog?
A wind vane measures ___________.
What is the wind direction? What direction the wind comes from?
______________ is a storm created when warm air spins upward creating a funnel cloud over land.
What is a tornado?
This type of cloud can produce hail.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
Madelyn is hoping for a high pressure system around Richmond during her soccer tournament because it brings ______________ weather.
What are dry, clear conditions?