Clouds
White and wispy
Cirrus clouds
Measures air pressure
Barometer
The highest layer of the atmosphere
Exophere
Warming of the Pacific Ocean
El Nino
When a cold air mass goes under a warm air mass
Cold front
Flat and gray
Stratus clouds
Measures wind direction
Wind vane
The layer where weather occurs
Troposphere
Cooling of the Pacific Ocean
La Nina
When a warm air mass gets stuck between two cold air masses
Occluded front
Tall and dark gray
Cumulonimbus clouds
Measures wind speed
Anemometer
The center layer of the atmosphere
Mesophere
A current in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean
Gulf Stream
When a warm air mass goes under a cold air mass
Warm front
Puffy and white
Cumulus clouds
Measures humidity
Hygrometer
The layer where weather balloons float
Stratosphere
Where the Gulf Stream is
Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean
A front that does not affect the weather at all
Stationary front
What cloud produces steady rain for a long period of time
Nimbostratus clouds
Measure precipatation
Rain gauge
Number of layers in the atmosphere
5
Where El Nino and La Nina take place
Pacific Ocean
A boundary between two air masses
Front