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Weather Tools, Precipitation, and Clouds
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BAROMETER Air pressure
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ANEMOMETER Wind speed
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the amount of rain or snow
Rain Gauge the amount of rain or snow
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Thermometer temperature
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Wind Vane wind direction
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the amount of water in the air Hygrometer
Humidity the amount of water in the air Hygrometer
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Rain warm droplets in the clouds or melted ice crystals fall through warm air and reaches the ground
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Freezing Rain rain falls through warm air and freezes on cold surfaces
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Sleet precipitation falls through warm air but refreezes in cold air before reaching the surface
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Snow Ice crystals that stay frozen as they fall through cold air to the ground
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Hail a ball or chunk of ice that forms from the updrafts and downdrafts within cumulonimbus clouds
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Cirrus High level clouds Made of ice crystals Feathery and wispy
Fair weather
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Cumulus White, puffy Fair weather
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Stratus layers looks like a blanket
If it touches the ground, it is fog Steady light rain If cold enough, then it can produce snow
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Cumulonimbus Can produce hail Seen with lightning Thunderstorm
Can result in severe winter storms such as a blizzard- heavy snow
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Nimbus- or Nimbo- rain
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