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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 out of ice crystals that form at high levels. |
| Stratus | Clouds that form in flat layers and often cover most 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 |
| Sling psychrometer | tool made of a wet and dry thermometer that measures relative humidity and requires a table to interpret the two temperatures. |
| Barometer | An instrument to measure atmospheric pressure |
| Rain gauge | Used to measure precipitation |
| Weather Map | a map that uses symbols to show weather data |
| Weather Satllites | type of satillite that is primarily used to monitor weather and climate of the earth |
| Weather Radar | |
| Isobar | |
| Isotherm | |
| Cumulonimbus | |
| Relative Humidity |