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100
Meteorologists use different tools to collect weather data that they use to make a forecast.
How is weather data gathered? / How do meteorologists forecast the weather?
100
Way back when, before a _____ ____ was invented, scientists used a cup. Precipitation from the rain or snow would fall inside the cup.
What is a rain gauge?
100
Barometer
100
Measures the speed of wind. Usually a spinning top that rotates from the wind.
What is an anemometer?
100
______ is the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place
What is the definition of weather? (Weather)
200
Hurricane Wilma
200
Wind is caused by movement of air ____________
from high pressure to low pressure
200
Forecasting the weather
200
Measures the direction of the wind
What is a wind/weather vane?
200
When air moves from high-pressure to low-pressure areas
Wind?
300
How can you know what the weather will be before it happens?
Weather Forecast
300
What does this measure?
Rain precipitation
300
Based on the chart, what type of weather would you expect on Thursday and Friday?
Barometric (Air) Pressure in Union
Monday: 31.25 in
Tuesday: 32.50 in
Wednesday: 38.13 in
Thursday 28.01 in
Friday 25.02 in
Stormy
300
Measures how hot or cold
What is a thermometer?
300
What does a change in air pressure indicate?
-change in weather
-change in season
-movement of the earth
Change in weather
400
measures temperature; atmospheric pressure; Wind direction; Wind speed; Humidity
What do weather tools measure?
400
Warm air rising causes a low-pressure area; cold air dropping causes a high-pressure area. The instrument that meteorologists use to measure the air pressure is the _____
Barometer
400
What two weather tools would a meteorologist use to collect wind direction and wind speed data?
weather vane + anemometer
400
Measures atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
400
Some large tools are satellite and _____
(Hint act. 8)
What is radar?
500
Orbits and takes pictures of the earth
What is a satelite?
500
I would expect the average wind speed will be about 7 mph
500
The teacher asks the students what the weather is like today, and Heather answers hot. What are some parts of weather besides temperature that she could have mentioned?
-air composition and humidity
-wind speed and precipitation
-air pressure and air density
Wind speed and precipitation
500
Measures water vapor content in the air, also known as humidity.
What is a hygrometer?
500
Weather forecasting can be categorized into two types. __-___ forecasting and ___-____ forecasting.
What is short-term forecasting and long-term forcasting