Measuring Weather

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Measuring Weather

• By
• Brianna Shields
• November 1, 2005

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Weather Measurements and Symbols
Temperature

• Def Average kinetic energy of air molecules
• On map record number in degrees F or C
• Tool Thermometer

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Weather Measurements and Symbols
Sky Conditions

• Def Sunny, cloudy, clear, overcast
• On map Draw picture of sun or clouds

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Weather Measurements
Wind Conditions

• Def calm, light, heavy

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Weather Measurements
Wind Direction

• Def Which way is the wind blowing?
• N, NW, S, SW
• Map Symbol Blows from flag to ball
• Tool Wind Vane

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Weather Measurements
Wind Speed

• Def How fast the wind is traveling
• Blows from high to low pressure areas
• Map notches on flag symbol

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Weather Measurements
Precipitation Type

• Def Related to amount of liquid drops in clouds
  and temperature
• Ex rain, drizzle, snow, none
• Map Draw as picture or shade map in colors

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Weather Measurements
Precipitation Amount

• Def Amount of rain in inches or centimeters
• Tool Rain gauge

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Weather Measurements
Humidity

• Def Amount of invisible water vapor in air
• Warm air more humidity
• Full air saturated
• Tool Hygrometer

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Weather Measurements
Air Pressure

• Def Amount of pressure exerted by columns of
  air
• High Pressure dense air
• Tool Barometer
• On Map number written on map in mb or in- equal
  areas are connected

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Weather Measurements
Dewpoint

• Def Saturated air that cools causes drops of
  water to condense

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Weather Symbols
Fronts

• Warm
• Cold
• Stationary

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Weather Symbols
Pressure Systems

• High
• Low

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What does this weather symbol indicate about the
weather?
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Weather Journal

• Get out your weather logging journal
• One student, will go to the library and get the
  weather conditions from the Weather Station.
• Fill this in on page 1 of your journal under the
  Jamestown, NY Library Station weather section

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Weather Journal

• Look in the Post Journal for Jamestowns weather
  forecast.
• Fill the weather conditions into your weather
  logging journal on page two.

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Weather Journal

• Visit the weather underground site and fill in
  the weather forecast for Jamestown, NY.
• This goes on page two of our weather journal.
• To find the weather forecast, type the city and
  state name in the top left corner of the screen

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Weather Journal

• Visit the weather underground site again and
  enter the weather conditions for each of these
  cities
• Montgomery, Alabama
• Wichita, Kansas
• This goes on page seven of your weather journal.

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Weather Journal

• Visit the CNN weather maps and try to make
  predictions about tomorrows weather in the
  following cities
• Jamestown, New York
• Montogomery, Alabama
• Wichita, Kansas
• This goes on page twelve of your weather journal,
  under DAY ONE.
• If you dont know where in the U.S. each state is
  located, use a U.S. Map to find each one.

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Weather Journal

• Visit the webcams for each of the cities listed
  below. Try to guess what the temperature, sky
  conditions, windspeed, time of day, precipitation
  and visibility are for each city by observing the
  webcam.
• Moscow, Russia
• Russia 2
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• New York City, New York
• Your predictions go on page fifteen of your
  weather journal, under WEBCAM WEATHER.

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Weather Journal

• Visit the links below to determine the actual
  weather conditions in the webcam cities
• Moscow, Russia
• New York City, New York
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Record the actual weather conditions on page
  fifteen of your weather journal, under ACTUAL
  WEATHER.