1. Measuring the weather
Use the information in the slides to complete the table showing what parts of weather we can measure and how.

2. Measured using wind vane thermometer anemometer rain gauge barometer
visibility meter

3. Weather terms Air pressure Wind direction Temperature Visibility
Precipitation
Wind speed
Cloud cover

4. Units measured in degrees Centigrade Kilometres or Miles per hour
in metres or kilometres
Oktas
in millibars (mb)
As a compass bearing, N, S, E, or W
Millimetres

5. Fill in the table using the information in the previous slides
Fill in the table using the information in the previous slides. (Hint they have been colour coded to show you which column they should go)
Weather term
Means..
Units
Measured using
exactly how hot or cold it is
how heavy the air is
how much of the sky is hidden by clouds
your eyes or a satellite image
how fast the wind is blowing
where the wind is blowing from (a north wind blows from the north)
water falling from the sky in any form (rain, hail, sleet, snow)
how far ahead we can see, for example on a foggy day