How weather forecasting works, including barometric pressure, fronts, and common forecast terms, one concept per card.
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- What instrument measures atmospheric pressure, a key tool in weather forecasting?
- A barometer
- What term describes air pressure dropping, which often signals an approaching storm?
- Falling barometric pressure
- What term describes air pressure rising, which often signals clearing, fair weather?
- Rising barometric pressure
- What weather system, associated with clockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere, typically brings clear, calm weather?
- A high-pressure system
- What weather system, associated with counterclockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere, typically brings clouds and precipitation?
- A low-pressure system
- What instrument measures temperature?
- A thermometer
- What instrument measures humidity, the amount of water vapor in the air?
- A hygrometer
- What instrument measures wind speed?
- An anemometer
- What device measures the amount of rainfall over a period of time?
- A rain gauge
- What weather technology sends radio waves to detect precipitation, storms, and their movement?
- Radar (Doppler radar)
- What technology, orbiting Earth, captures images of cloud cover and storm systems from space?
- Weather satellites
- What term describes the boundary between two air masses of different temperature or humidity?
- A weather front
- What term describes a stationary boundary between air masses that is not moving significantly in either direction?
- A stationary front
- What term describes a fast-moving cold front overtaking a slower warm front?
- An occluded front
- What term describes computer simulations of the atmosphere used to predict future weather conditions?
- Numerical weather prediction (weather models)