weather
What is weather?
Weather describes the conditions of a location
What is precipitation?
Precipitation is the fall of water from the atmosphere.
What is rain?
Rain: liquid water droplets
What is a meteorologists?
Scientists who study the weather are called meteorologists.
Define sky condition
Sky conditions describe the state of the sky.
How often does weather change?
The weather is constantly changing.
What is snow?
Snow: ice crystals
What is hail?
Hail: ice “chunks” that form during storms due to strong winds
What do meteorologists do?
Meteorologists describe the weather and make predictions about future weather.
Define Humidity
Humidity describes the amount of water vapor or moisture in the air.
Weather can be quantitative, what does Quantitative mean?
They are described using numbers. These factors are measurable. In other words, they can be measured using tools.
What are the four forms of Precipitation?
Snow, Sleet, Hail, Rain
How is the amount of precipitation measured?
qualitative, in inches
What device do we use to measure humidity?
Humidity with a device called a hygrometer.
what is a cardinal direction
North, South, East, West, northeast, etc
Weather can be qualitative, what does Qualitative mean?
They are described using descriptive language. These factors are observable and they are described using your senses.
What is sleet?
Sleet: rain that freezes or becomes slushy as it falls to Earth’s surface
What causes precipitation to happen? what happens to the clouds?
When clouds become too heavy with water, the droplets fall to the ground as precipitation.
What is a dew Point?
Dew point is the temperature at which water condenses and forms dew (water droplets).
Define Barometric Pressure
Barometric or air pressure is the “weight” of the atmosphere over Earth’s surface
What factor of weather can be measure quantitatively?
Temperature, wind speed, amount of precipitation, barometric pressure and /or percent of humidity
How are clouds formed?
Tiny water droplets form on particles of dust in the atmosphere to form clouds.
What are the 6 factors of weather that are most important?
Temperature
Sky Conditions
Wind
Precipitation
Barometric (Air) Pressure
Humidity
Define Dew Point?
Dew point is the temperature at which water condenses and forms dew (water droplets).