1. Weather Tools, Precipitation, and Clouds

2. BAROMETER
Air pressure

3. ANEMOMETER
Wind speed

4. the amount of rain or snow
Rain Gauge
the amount of rain or snow

5. Thermometer
temperature

6. Wind Vane
wind direction

7. the amount of water in the air Hygrometer
Humidity
the amount of water in the air Hygrometer

8. Rain
warm droplets in the clouds or melted ice crystals fall through warm air and reaches the ground

9. Freezing Rain
rain falls through warm air and freezes on cold surfaces

10. Sleet
precipitation falls through warm air but refreezes in cold air before reaching the surface

11. Snow
Ice crystals that stay frozen as they fall through cold air to the ground

12. Hail
a ball or chunk of ice that forms from the updrafts and downdrafts within cumulonimbus clouds

13. Cirrus High level clouds Made of ice crystals Feathery and wispy
Fair weather

14. Cumulus
White, puffy
Fair weather

15. 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

16. Cumulonimbus Can produce hail Seen with lightning Thunderstorm
Can result in severe winter storms such as a blizzard- heavy snow

17. Nimbus- or Nimbo-
rain