1. Weather Station Models
A symbolic way to represent the weather.

2. Measure of the amount of heat 28⁰F
Temperature
Measure of the amount of heat
28⁰F 28 28

3. Visibility
How far you can see
½ mile 1 2

4. Present weather
Any sort of condensation or precipitation
Snow *

5. Temperature at which condensation happens
Dew point
Temperature at which condensation happens
27⁰F 27

6. How fast wind is blowing 15 knots
Wind speed
How fast wind is blowing
15 knots
(Make note that to convert to mi/hr you must multiply by 1.15 mi/hr.)

7. Wind direction
Which way the wind is coming from
Coming from the southwest

8. Cloud cover
Amount of clouds in the sky
75%

9. How compact air molecules are 1019.6 mb
Pressure
How compact air molecules are mb
Rule:
greater than 500, put a 9 in front;
less than 500 put a 10 in front
196

10. The pattern of pressure in past 3 hours
Pressure trend
The pattern of pressure in past 3 hours
Has gone up (+) 1.9 mb (19) in the past 3 hours and will continue to rise (/)
+19/

11. How much rain, sleet, snow, hail in past 6 hours
Precipitation
How much rain, sleet, snow, hail in past 6 hours
0.25 inches in past 6 hours
.25