1. Weather Tools & Measurements
Weather Administration

2. Essential Questions What are they? What do they measure?
What are their units
Who observes the weather for us?

3. Instruments of Weather
Make a list of five of the most common weather instruments that you can think of.

4. The Most Common Weather Tools Are:
Thermometer
Wind Vane
Anemometer
Barometer
Rain Gauge
Psychrometer
H.V.S.

5. Thermometer
A thermometer is a weather tool used to measure the temperature
It’s unit of measurements are degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit

6. Wind Vane
By observing wind vanes and compasses, we can know the direction of the wind.
Compass rose and/or 0 to 360 degrees

7. Anemometer An anemometer is a weather tool that measures wind speed.
Km/hr and m/hr

8. Barometer Barometers are important to measuring air pressure.
millibars (mb) or inches of mercury.
High – Fair
Low - Foul

9. Rain Gauge A rain gauge is a weather tool used to collect rain.
Rulers measure frozen forms of precipitations
Centimeters or inches

10. Psychrometer
A psychrometer is used to measure humidity or moisture in the air.
Percent (%) moisture held in the air.

11. High Volume Sampler H.V.S. samples air quality.
Accessories can be added to monitor any type of pollutants

12. Other tools are… Weather Maps Radar Doppler Radar Satellites / GPS
Weather Balloons / Radiosonde
“Personal observations”
Almanac
Lightening Detector
Weather Rope or Weather Rock

13. Weather Maps
A weather map displays various meteorological features across a particular area at a particular point in time. Such maps are used for research and weather forecasting purposes.

14. Radar and Doppler
Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation calculate its motion, estimate its type .

15. Satellites and G.P.S.
The weather satellite is a type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth.

16. Weather Balloons and Radiosonde
A weather or sounding balloon is a balloon which carries weather instruments aloft to send back information by means of a small, expendable measuring device called a radiosonde.

17. Personal Observations
Most important tool in science.

18. Almanac
Records and predicts astronomical events the rising and setting of the Sun, lunar phases, tides, weather, and other phenomena with respect to time, climate and seasons.
Helps with crop planting and harvest schedules.

19. Lightening Detector
Detects lightening strikes within a certain mileage perimeter.

20. Weather Rope / Weather Rock Personal Observations

21. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA???
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

22. Who Administers the Atmospheric Conditions???
The National Weather Service is a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NOAA is an Operating Unit of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

23. Organizational Structure…
U. S. Department of Commerce
(International Trade, US Business Growth, Aid in Technological Advancement)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
(Climate, Ocean Life, Satellites, Research)
National Weather Service
(Forecasts, Warnings, River Data, Weather Safety)

24. International Responsibilities
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behavior of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.

25. Reading a Weather Map and Station Models.
Essential Questions:
What are the symbols used in reporting the weather?
What is a station model and how is it read?

26. SWBAT Analyze station models and their symbols
Construct station models
Complete an online station model activity

27. Station Model

28. Weather Condition Symbols

29. Cloud Coverage Symbols

30. Precipitation Symbols

31. Cloud Type Symbols

32. Barometric Shorthand

33. Wind Conditions - Wind Barb

34. Station Models Game