Weather Vocabulary

An instrument used to measure the direction that wind is COMING FROM.

• Anemometer
• Barometer
• Psychrometer
• Wind Vane

An instrument used to measure air pressure.

• Anemometer
• Barometer
• Psychrometer
• Wind Vane

An instrument that uses a wet and dry bulb to measure relative humidity. 

• Anemometer
• Barometer
• Psychrometer
• Wind Vane

An instrument used to measure wind speed.

• Anemometer
• Barometer
• Psychrometer
• Wind Vane

The pattern of weather that occurs in an area over many years.

• Air Mass
• Climate
• Wind
• Wind Vane

Narrow bands of high speed winds near the top of the Troposphere that move West to East.

• Air Mass
• Front
• Jet Stream
• Wind

How heat energy travels in waves through empty space.

• Cold Front
• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation

This leads to clear skies and sunny days.

• Cold Front
• Warm Front
• High Pressure System
• Low Pressure System

Where air masses meet and produce different kinds of weather.

• Air mass
• Front
• Relative Humidity
• Wind

Less dense warmer air mass slides over departing colder air.

• Cold Front
• Warm Front
• High Pressure System
• Low Pressure System