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Weather tools vocab

6th grade Vocabulary about Weather tools and clouds vocabulary

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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 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
anemomenter an instrument used to measure wind speed
wind vane an instrument used to measure temperature
thermometer tool made of a wet and dry thermometer that measures relative humidity and requires a table to interpret the two tempetures
sling psychrometer an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
barometer an instrument used to measure precipitation
rain guage a map that uses symbols to show weather data
weather map type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the earth
weather satellites is an instrument that spends pulses of electromagnetic energy into the atmosphere to find precipitation, determine its motion and intensity and identify the perciptation type such as rain, snow or hail
weather radar line on a map connecting points having the same barometric reading at a given time
lsobar a line on a weather map that joins place have the same temperature
isotherm are thunderstorm clouds. high winds can flatten the top of a cloud into an anvil- like shape. cumulonious clouds are associated with heavy rain, snow hail lighting and even tornadoes. the anvil usually points in the direction the storm is moving.
cumulonimbus 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
relative humidity the amount of water vapor in the air at any given time is usually less than that required to saturate the air. expreesed as a percentage
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