Lesson 2: Weather Data

Unit 3: Weather and Climate Part 2

Lesson2: Weather Data

By Sosana Hove

​Warm up: 4 Questions coming up.

Multiple Choice

A rain gauge measures what?

• Air pressure
• Wind speed
  wind speed
• Amount of rain fall
• Wind direction

Multiple Select

The weather in U.A.E is ............. and ............. in summer.

• rainy

• hot

• snowy

• humid

Poll

Weather is what is happening year after year.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

A student states the weather is the same as the climate. Which response BEST tells the student the difference between weather and climate

• Weather is about the wind and the rain, but climate is about the clouds.

• Weather is the conditions in one day, but climate is the conditions over a long time.

• Weather is measured with tools like thermometers, but climate is measured with tools like forecasts.

• Weather is recorded on charts, but climate is recorded on world maps.

Multiple Select

According to this weather forecast, what days will be sunny?

• Monday

• Wednesday

• Friday

• Saturday

Open Ended

A meteorologist's job is to .......(4 tasks)

Why current weather focust are very reliable.

Tremendous advances in satellite and computer technology (faster calculation speed and more computer “memory”) have led to steady and ongoing improvement in the reliability of weather forecasts.

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Today’s computer models, the sophisticated mathematical simulations of the atmosphere, are more accurate than ever. Armed with this guidance, weather forecasters are producing better and better forecasts. In a computer model, the important processes of the weather are built into the model. The model starts with the present weather and tries to simulate how the weather will develop in the future. Today's computer models do a very good job of

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The National Weather Service has been verifying forecast accuracy since the 1960s and reports that five-day forecasts now are as reliable as the three-day forecast of the 1980s. Short-range forecasts have improved by a day; that is, the Day 2 forecast of today is as accurate as Day 1 forecasts in the past.

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2.3.10 Weather instruments LC1

The following questions are Learning check and will go towards your grade.

Multiple Choice

The weather forecast tomorrow says there will be a 15 mph northeast wind and a high temperature of 52 degrees. What three instruments will a meteorologist use to make this prediction?

• anemometer, wind vane, thermometer
• barometer, hygrometer, wind vane
• thermometer, satellite image, hygrometer
• wind vane, satellite image, barometer

Multiple Choice

Which tool measures humidity or the amount of moisture in the air?

• wind vane
• barometer
• anemometer
• hygrometer

Multiple Choice

What is a thermometer?

• A device to measure temperature

• A device to measure wind speed

• A device to measure humidity

• A device to measure altitude

Multiple Choice

Which tool measures air pressure?

• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Wind Vane
• Hygrometer

Multiple Choice

If a scientist were trying to determine how fast the wind was moving in a hurricane, what tool would they use?

• hygrometer

• compass

• barometer

• anemometer

Multiple Choice

If a scientist were trying to figure out what direction the wind from a storm were coming from, what tool would they use?

• thermometer

• hygrometer

• anemometer

• wind vane

Multiple Choice

Satellites show clouds on earth, while radar shows what?

• Precipitation
• Cable tv
• sun light
• temperatures

Multiple Choice

This tool photographs clouds from high above Earth, and sends data to meteorologists.

• camera

• iPhone 5

• satellite

• radar

Multiple Choice

Weather forecasts can be inaccurate due to:

• Lack of the ability to collect all weather data variables for the entire region to make a prediction.

• Computers calculating millions of weather equations in a short time that humans could not complete.

• Meteorology programs in the U.S. are not accredited, or scientific.

• Scientists can track the properties of all air molecules globally at any time to predict the weather.

Multiple Choice

A rain gauge measures what?

• Air pressure
• Wind speed
  wind speed
• Amount of rain fall
• Wind direction

Multiple Select

Name the four different ways weather data is collected

• Weather station

• Weather balloon

• Weather satellite

• Weather RADAR

• Weather Focust