Clouds
Clouds on the ground are called?
What is fog.
A front that is not moving is called?
What is a stationary front.
A long period of little or no precipitation is called?
What is a drought.
The center of a hurricane where the weather is often fair is called?
What is the eye.
An instrument used for measuring rainfall is called?
What is a rain guage.
Fluffy clouds with flat bases are called
What are cumulus clouds.
Represented by a line with triangles pointing in the same direction.
What is a cold front.
A scientist who studies and predicts the weather is called?
What is a meteorologist.
A tropical cyclone with wind speeds of 74 miles per hour or greater.
What is a hurricane.
An instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer.
High, feathery clouds made of ice crystals are called?
What are cirrus clouds
Ozone is present in this layer, above the troposphere.
What is the stratosphere.
The source of the heat energy that enters the atmosphere from outer space.
What is the sun.
A destructive, violent wind with a funnel-shaped cloud that usually follows a narrow path.
What is a tornado.
An instrument used to measure wind speed is called?
This type of cloud is large with dark bases and tall billowing towers. It also produces lightning and thunder.
What is cumulonimbus.
A front where warm air displaces cold air and glides up over the cold air gradually is called?
What is a warm front.
Rain, snow, and other forms of water that falls to the ground is called?
What is precipitation.
A winter storm of high winds, low temperatures, and falling or blowing snow is called?
What is a blizzard.
An instrument used to measure humidity.
What is a psychrometer
This type of cloud is dark gray with precipitation falling from them.
What is Nimbostratus.
A front that results when a cold front overtakes a warm front.
What is an occluded front.
Narrow bands of high-altitude, high speed winds are called?
What are jet streams.
The type of radar that show the movement of wind within a storm.
What is Doppler Radar.
This instrument measures the direction of wind.
What is a wind vane.