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Weather Tools
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Term | Definition |
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Cumulus | puffy with flat bottoms and round tops that signal fair weather. |
Cirrus | wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high sky levels |
stratus | clouds that form in flat layers and often cover the sky |
Nimbus | rain cloud |
Fog | a stratus cloud that forms when air is cooled to its dew near the ground. |
Anemometer | used to measure wind speed |
Wind vane | measures wind direction |
Thermometer | used to tell temperature |
Sling psychrometer | tool made of wet and dry thermometer that measures relative humidity and requires a table to interpret the two temperatures |
Barometer | measures atmospheric pressure |
Rain gauge | used to measure precipitation |
Weather map | map uses symbols to show weather data. |
Weather satellites | type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor and climate of the snow or hail. |
Weather radar | used to send pulses of electromagnet energy into the atmosphere to find precipitation, detriment it motion and intestacy, and identify the precipitation type as rain, snow or hail. |
Isobar | line on map connecting points having the same barometric reading as given time. |
Isotherm | Lime on a map that joins places that have the same temperature |
Cumulonimbus | Thunder storm clouds. High winds an flatten the top of the cloud into a anvil-like shape. These clouds are accosted with rain, snow, hail, lighting, and even tornadoes. The anvil usually points in the direction the storm is moving. |
Relative huminty | amount of water vapor in air at any given time is usually less than that required to stature the air. Expressed as a percentage. |