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Temperature
Hurricane Katrina
The Weatherman
Types of Weather
Weather Words
100
measures the temperature
What is a thermometer?
100
the city most affected by Hurricane Katrina
What is New Orleans, LA?
100
another name for the weatherman
What is meteorologist?
100
a violent, funnel-shaped cloud with very strong winds
What is a tornado?
100
any and all forms of water, such as rain, snow and hail, that falls from the sky
What is precipitation?
200
a unit of temperature measurement on a scale such as Celsuis or Fahrenheit
What is a degree?
200
The four states hit by Hurricane Katrina
What are Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida?
200
a prediction of weather
What is forecast?
200
a large tropical storm that forms over warm water
What is a hurricane?
200
water vapor content in the air
What is humidity?
300
The scale used to measure temperature in the United States
What is Fahrenheit?
300
These rose to 145 mph during Hurricane Katrina.
What are wind speeds?
300
the weatherman uses this to put his data on
What is a weather map?
300
a severe snowstorm with strong cold winds
What is a blizzard?
300
a large group of tiny water drops that float together near the groung
What is fog?
400
a good liquid to use in a thermometer
What is alchohol?
400
Water pressure destroyed these in New Orleans and water filled the streets.
What are levees?
400
the weatherman uses various types of these to predict the weather
What are weather instruments?
400
hail or snow, mixed with rain, usually falling or driven by wind
What is sleet?
400
a large group of tiny water droplets that float together in the sky
What is a cloud?
500
on a Fahrenheit thermometer, this temperature is freezing
What is 32 degrees?
500
Hurricane Katrina was a category ________ hurricane.
What is 4?
500
When the weatherman tells you that the temperature outside is 42 degrees but it feels like 34 degrees, he is talking about this.
What is windchill?
500
storms that produce thunder, lightning and heavy rainfal
What are thunderstorms?
500
how hard the air pushes down on anything it touches
What is air pressure?