1. Forecasting The Weather Part 2
Stormy
Chilly!
Sunny

3. What is a Forecast?

4. Forecast Map

5. Weather Balloons
These instruments are carried aloft by hydrogen filled balloons to measure and simultaneously transmit recorded data which include pressure, temperatures and humidity.

6. Anemometer An instrument used to measure wind speed.
Anemometers find how fast the wind is blowing.

7. Barometer
A weather instrument that is able to measure air pressure or atmospheric pressure
Scientific
Household
Maritime

8. Wind Vane Wind Vanes indicate the direction a wind is blowing
Must be placed accurately with a compass in the right location!

9. Windsock
Used to collect data about the direction and strength of wind

10. Psychrometer
A psychrometer is an instrument commonly used in laboratories to measure relative humidity. It is also referred to as a wet- and dry-bulb thermometer.

11. Rain Gauge
Rain gauges find & measure precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, or hail) that falls to the Earth's surface.

12. Thermometer They are instruments that measure or indicate temperature
Measured in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit

13. Station Model

14. Doppler: Used to track precipitation/severe storms
Radar Types
Radar is used to find the location, movement, and amount of precipitation of a given location
Doppler: Used to track precipitation/severe storms
Satellite: Helps Monitor Weather From Space

15. Vocabulary to Define Windsock Radar Wind Vane Station Model Anemometer
Barometer
Rain Gauge
Radar
Station Model
Forecast
Thermometer
Weather Balloon

16. Vocabulary to Define Meteorology Weather Tornado Hurricane
Front Air Mass
High Pressure Low Pressure
Forecast
Weather Satellite

17. Vocabulary Concepts
Air Mass – a large boy of air with the same moisture and temperature throughout
Front – the boundary where two air masses meet
Psychrometer (wet/dry bulb thermometer) an instrument commonly used in laboratories to measure relative humidity
Rain Gauge - finds & measure precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, or hail) that falls to the Earth's surface
Station Model – is a small circle that shows the location of a weather station

18. Vocabulary Concepts
Anemometer - An instrument used to measure wind speed.
Barometer - A weather instrument that is able to measure air pressure or atmospheric pressure
Wind Vane- instrument used to indicate wind direction
Wind Sock – an instrument used to collect data about the direction and strength of wind

19. Vocabulary Concepts
Meteorology -the scientific study of Earth’s weather
Weather – the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time; includes temperature, and rainfall
High Pressure – anticyclone, equals low wind and dry clear conditions
Low Pressure = cyclone, high winds, wet stormy conditions
Hurricane – a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans with winds that rotate counter clockwise in the n. hemisphere, surrounding a low pressure center

20. Vocabulary Concepts
Thermometer - instruments that measure or indicate temperature, measured in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius
Radar - is used to find the location, movement, and amount of precipitation of a given location (Doppler Radar)
Weather Satellites – orbit the Earth and send images of weather systems back to Earth via Doppler Radar (GOES-8)
Tornado – a violent swirling column of air that rotates, moves quickly, and is short lived