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Clouds
Fronts/Air Masses
Tools
Forecasting
Weather words
100
low gray that produce light precipitation
What is nimbostratus?
100
A large body of air with the same properties.
What is air mass?
100
Used to measure air temperature.
What is thermometer?
100
Lines that show equal air temperature.
What is isotherm?
100
What does nimbus mean?
What is rain?
200
high, thin, wispy clouds
What is cirrus?
200
Warm air rises above a cold air mass
What is warm front?
200
used to measure air pressure
What is barometer?
200
the top left number on a station model
What is temperature?
200
violent storm that forms over warm ocean waters
What is hurricane?
300
Puffy, white clouds with flat bases.
What is cumulus?
300
This type of front stays in one location for a while.
What is stationary?
300
Shows weather at a specific location.
What is station model?
300
Lines that connect equal air pressure.
What is isobar?
300
strong, whirling storm that forms from thunderstorms
What is tornado?
400
A stratus cloud at ground level.
What is fog?
400
The symbol for this front is blue triangles.
What is cold front?
400
Shows the direction of the wind.
What is wind vane?
400
where the symbol for cloud cover is found in a station model
What is center circle?
400
Tool used to measure wind speed.
What is anemometer?
500
Type of cloud that forms a tornado.
What is cumulonimbus?
500
Violent weather occurs at this type of front.
What is cold front?
500
This would show a change coming in the weather.
What is barometer?
500
Describe high pressure weather.
What is nice, sunny?
500
a person that studies and predicts the weather
What is meteorologist?