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Weather Tools

 

A thermometer measures temperature.


A barometer measures air pressure.


A rain gauge measures how much rain has fallen.


An anemometer measures how fast the wind is blowing.


A radiosonde attached to a weather balloon

measures weather high in the atmosphere.


A satellite takes pictures of clouds from space.

and gives us pictures like this:


A radar shows where and how much rain is falling.

and gives us pictures like this: