Precipitationa and Weather Insterments Flashcards
What is rain?
Liquid water droplets
What is snow?
Ice crystals
Whys is freezing rain?
Rain that freeze context with the ground
What is drizzle?
Very fine rain particles
What is sleet?
Rain that has been coated with ice
What is hail?
Small pieces or balls of ice
What is fog?
Suspension of very fine water droplets near the earths surface
What measures wind
Wind vane Measures wind
Wind sock > Direction
Pin wheel
Anemometer > Measures wind
Speed
What measures rain
Rain gauge -
Measures rain fall in mm
What measures the temperature
Thermometer
What measures air pressure
Barometer
What measures humidity
Hyprometer
What measures snow
Snow gauge - measures how much snow makes up to 1cm. if rainfall
What measures clouds
Nephoscope - measures speed and direction of clouds. This assits with finding direction of wind
Windsock
Wind direction