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Clouds
Instruments
Weather Vocabulary
Air Pressure & Storms
Weather Extras
100
Cumulonimbus clouds are a sign that these are coming.
What is thunderstorms.
100
Measure the amount of rainfall.
What is a rain gauge
100
Movement of air over earth's surface.
What is wind speed.
100
When a low pressure system first moves into an area we can expect this kind of weather.
What is cloudy/rainy.
100
Sleet, snow and hail are all this type of precipitation.
What is frozen precipitation.
200
Thin,wispy clouds made of ice crystals.
What is cirrus clouds.
200
Measures wind speed
What is anemometer
200
The force of air pushing on earth's surface
What is air pressure
200
If the barometric pressure falls rapidly we can expect one of these two things to be forming. (2)
What is a thunderstorm or hurricane.
200
On a map, this type of front is represented by what looks like hanging icicles.
What is cold front
300
large, puffy clouds with dark flat bottoms.
What is cumulonimbus clouds.
300
measures the direction of the wind
What is weather vane
300
A boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures and humidity levels
What is a front.
300
A thunderstorm occurs when a warm from does this.
What is cools quickly.
300
Whenever warm air cools quickly, pressure falls quickly, or whenever a low pressure system moves into the area we know that this is going to happen.
What is rain/clouds/storm. (Inclement Weather)
400
smooth gray clouds that cover the whole sky
What is stratus clouds
400
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer.
400
rain, sleet and snow are all a type of this.
What is precipitation
400
When a very warm air mass forms over the ocean it can create this.
What is a hurricane.
400
On a map, this type of front is represented by what looks like rows of suns.
What is warm fronts.
500
white and fluffy with flat bottoms
What is cumulous
500
Measures the air temperature
What is thermometer.
500
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity.
500
When air masses with two very different temperatures meet they create these columns of quickly spinning air
What is tornadoes.
500
A scientist who studies weather.
What is a meteorologist.