Tools
This tool is a can or a tube with an opening on top, it measures the amount of rain that falls.
Rain Gauge
The highest clouds, these are thin and wispy and appear in fair weather.
cirrus
Boundary between two different air masses.
Front
Clouds move with the __________________________.
wind
This instrument has an arrow that points in the direction the wind is blowing from.
Weather vane/ wind vane
Puffy white clouds with flat bottoms, when you see these you know that there will be fair weather.
cumulus
An extremely large body of air. Most weather occurs along the edges of these at boundaries called fronts.
Air Mass
Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
climate
This instrument shows what direction the wind is blowing to.
windsock
Low sheets of gray clouds that stretch out and cover the sky; sometimes these clouds form rain or snow.
stratus
The amount of water vapor in the air.
Humidity
A weather scientist, they predict the weather.
meteorologist
This instrument is used to measure air pressure.
barometer
Cumulus clouds that build on top of one another, they are a sign that sever or nasty weather is on its way
cumulonimbus
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
weather
Fog can be formed when warm, moist air is _______________from below as it flows over a colder surface
cooled
This instrument measures how fast the wind blows. It has several arms that stick out and each arm has a cup at the end.
anemometer
A large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals.
cloud
If a clouds get thick enough or high enough all the light above does not make it through and
the cloud appears ____________________.
gray