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weather tools/clouds

TermDefinition
cumulus puffy with flat bottoms and round tops that signal fair weather
cirrus wispy feathery clouds made from ice cyrstlys that form 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 that is used to measure wind speed
wind vane an instrument used to measure wind direction
thermometer used to measure temperature
sling psychrometer tool made of a wet and dry thermometer to measure humidity
barometer n instrument that measures pressure
rain gauge an instrument that measures precipitation
weather map a map that uses symbols to show weather data
weather sattellites type of satallite that is used to moniter weather
weather radars an instrument that send up electromagnetic pulses to find precipitation
isobar line on a map that connects points that have the same barometric reading at a time
isotherm a place on a map that joins places with the same temperature
cumulonimbus thunderstorm clouds .wind can make it shaped like an anvil.
relative humidity the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere at any given times usually less than required to saturate the air
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