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weather tools
Term | Definition |
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cumuls | puffy with flat bottoms and round tops that signal fair weather |
cirrus | wispy,feathery clouds made of ice crystals that from at high levels |
stratus | clouds that form in flat layers and often cover much of the sky |
nimbus | a rain cloud |
fog | a stratus cloud that forms when air is cooled to its dew point near the ground |
anemometer | an instrument used to measure wind speed |
wind vane | instrument used to measure wind direction |
thermometer | an instrument used to measure temperature |