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Weather Instruments
Weather Terms
Weather Terms
Forecast:
What tool did I use?
Clouds
100
Large bodies of air covering land and ocean areas.
What is AIR MASS?
100
Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail are types of this.
What is PRECIPITATION?
100
Instrument that measure temperature.
What is THERMOMETER?
100
75 Degrees Fahrenheit
What is THERMOMETER?
100
Low clouds that are grey, cover they entire sky, and resemble fog. No precipitation, but can drizzle.
What are STRATUS CLOUDS?
200
The area where two different air masses meet.
What are FRONTS?
200
A cold air mass meets up with a warm mass and brings heavy precipitation-afterwards, temperature drops and winds change.
What is COLD FRONT?
200
An instrument that measures rainfall.
What is RAIN GUAGE?
200
The wind is blowing in the Northeast direction.
What is WIND VANE?
200
High clouds that are thin, wispy, blown by high up winds, usually mean fair weather.
What are CIRRUS CLOUDS?
300
Horizontal movement of air from one place to another.
What is WIND?
300
An air mass that forms over land.
What is CONTINENTAL AIR MASS?
300
An instrument used to measure wind direction.
What is WIND VANE
300
86% Humidity.
What is HYGROMETER?
300
Clouds with vertical development that are puffy. Resemble floating cotton, base of cloud is flat, top has rounded towers.
What are CUMULUS CLOUDS?
400
Moisture in the atmosphere (water vapor).
What is HUMIDITY?
400
A warm air mass meets up with a cold air mass and brings extended periods of precipitation - afterwards, temperatures usually rise.
What is WARM FRONT?
400
An instrument used to measure relative humidity?
What is HYGROMETER?
400
The wind is blowing at 20mph.
What is ANEMOMETER?
500
The weight of the air being pulled down on an area of the Earth's surface.
What is AIR PRESSURE?
500
An air mass that forms over water.
What is MARITIME AIR MASS?
500
An instrument used to measure wind speed.
What is ANEMOMETER?
500
Air pressure is 30.08 in.
What is BAROMETER?