Precipitationa and Weather Insterments Flashcards

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What is rain?

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Liquid water droplets

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What is snow?

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Ice crystals

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Whys is freezing rain?

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Rain that freeze context with the ground

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What is drizzle?

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Very fine rain particles

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What is sleet?

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Rain that has been coated with ice

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What is hail?

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Small pieces or balls of ice

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What is fog?

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Suspension of very fine water droplets near the earths surface

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What measures wind

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Wind vane Measures wind
Wind sock > Direction
Pin wheel

Anemometer > Measures wind
Speed

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What measures rain

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Rain gauge -

Measures rain fall in mm

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What measures the temperature

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Thermometer

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What measures air pressure

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Barometer

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What measures humidity

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Hyprometer

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What measures snow

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Snow gauge - measures how much snow makes up to 1cm. if rainfall

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What measures clouds

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Nephoscope - measures speed and direction of clouds. This assits with finding direction of wind

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Windsock

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Wind direction

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Thermometer

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Temperature

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Hybrometer

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Humidity

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Barometer

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Air pressure

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Rain guage

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Rain fall in mm

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Anemometer

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Wind speed

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Pin wheel

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Wind direction

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Wind vane

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Wind direction

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Snow gauge

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Rainfall in mm