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Weather tools/clouds
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cumulus | puffy with flat bottoms and round tops that signal fair weather |
| Cirrus | Wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high level |
| 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 |
| Sling Psychrometer | tool made of wet and dry thermometer that measures relative humidity and requires a table to interpret the two temperatures |
| Barometer | An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure |
| Weather Map | A map uses symbols to show weather data |
| Weather Satellites | type of satellite that is primarily used to |
| Weather Radar | is an instrument that sends pulses of electromagnetic energy into the atmosphere to find precipitation, determine its motion and intensity, and identify the precipitation type such as rain, snow, or hail |
| Isobar | line on a map connecting points having the same barometric reading at a given time |
| Isotherm | A line on a weather map that joints places that have the same temperature |
| Cumulonimbus | are thunderstorm clouds. High winds can flatten the top of the cloud into an anvil-like shape. Cumulonimbus clouds are associated with heavy rain, snow, hail, lighting and even tornadoes. That anvil usually points in the direction the storm is moving. |
| Relative Humidity | The amount of water vapor in the air at any given time is usually less than that required to saturate the air. Expressed as a percentage. |
| Rain Gauge. " I forgot to put rain gauge sorry Mrs. Coppola" | An instrument used to measure precipitation |