Weather Vocabulary

the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth's surface

• air pressure

• climate

• humidity

• wind

a wispy and feathery looking cloud

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

an average or typical weather in a particular area

• forecast

• climate

• weather

• temperature

dense cooler air pushes warm air up; causing a drop in the temperature

• warm front

• stationary front

• cold front

clouds that are puffy in appearance and can produce large thunderstorms

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

prediction about the future weather conditions of a place

• meteorologist

• forecast

• weather

amount of water vapor in the air

• cumulus

• forecast

• humidity

• air pressure

the study of the weather

• meteorology

• meteorologist

• forecast

a person that uses weather tools to predict the weather

• meteorology

• meteorologist

• rain gauge

when two air masses combine and produce precipitation

• stationary front

• cold front

• warm front