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Clouds
Misc.
Weather Instruments
Weather Maps
Forecasting Weather
100
High feathery clouds made of ice crystal.
What is cirrus?
100
Warm air replaces cold air.
What is a warm front?
100
Weather instrument used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
Lines of equal temperature on a weather map.
What are isotherms?
100
Scientist that studies weather.
What is a meterologist?
200
Temperature at which clouds form.
What is dew point?
200
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the Earth’s surface
What is precipitation?
200
Intrument that mesures direction the wind is coming from.
What is a weather vane or a wind sock?
200
Symbols and numbers representing weather data are shown here on a weather map
What is a station madel?
200
Predicion of weather for the next 3 to 5 days.
What is a short range forecast?
300
Stratus clouds- sometimes touching the ground.
What is fog?
300
Cold, wet air mass that forms over the Pacific Ocean.
What is maritime polar?
300
Mesures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
300
Boundary where the air does not mix.
What is a front?
300
Two sources meteorologists use to help forecast the weather.
What is NOAA, radar, weather maps or satellite images?
400
The formation of clouds.
What is condensation?
400
Large body of air that has similar characteristics and causes changes in the weather.
What is an air mass?
400
Weather instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer.
400
A “snapshot” of conditions at a particular time over a large area.
What is a Weather Service Map?
400
Soutwest winds blow from this direction.
What is southwest?
500
Three things needed to make a cloud,
What is dust particles, moisture, and change in pressure?
500
The type of cloud is detemined by these three factors.
What is altitude, shape and weather pattern?
500
Weather instrument used to measure moisture in the air.
What is a psychrometer (or hygrometer)?
500
Standard Symbols on weather maps show these.
What is fronts, areas of high and low pressure, types of precipitation, and temperatures.
500
Weather patterns that control the weather in the United States.
What is Jet Stream?