Weather temperature, weather instrumental, weather forescast...etc This slide will give you a general view and basic volcabulary about Weather and Phenomena Which happen everyday around us. A meteorological phenomenon is a weather event that can be explained by the principles of meteorology. Such events include: Air mass Anticyclone Arctic cyclone Ball lightning Clouds Crow Instability Derecho Diamond dust Drought Dust devil Dust storm Extratropical cyclone Foehn wind Hail Halo Heat wave Hurricane Ice pellets Indian summer KelvinHelmholtz Instability Lake effect snow Light pillar Lightning Mesocyclone Morning glory cloud Novaya Zemlya Effect Rain Rain and snow mixed Rainbow Raining animals Sleet; see Ice pellets and Rain and snow mixed Snow Squall St. Elmos fire Subtropical cyclone Sun dog Sun shower Supercell Temperature inversion Thunder Thundersnow Thunderstorm Tornado Tropical storm Weather front Wind Zud
Weather Phenomena SOL 4.6 SOL 4.6 Follows along with Interactive Notebook notes Weather Includes: Temperature Wind Precipitation Weather Instruments (Tools) Temperature Temperature - the measure of the amount of - the measure of the amount of heat energy heat energy in the atmosphere in the atmosphere Measured using a Measured using a THERMOMETER THERMOMETER Additional Weather Instruments Wind Speed is measured using an Wind Speed is measured using an ANEMOMETER ANEMOMETER Wind Direction is Wind Direction is measured using a measured using a WEATHER VAIN WEATHER VAIN . . Additional Weather Instruments A A RAIN GAUGE RAIN GAUGE is is used to measure used to measure the amount of the amount of precipitation precipitation . . Precipitation Includes: Rain Rain Snow Snow Formed by ice crystals* More types of Precipitation: Sleet Sleet Hail Hail Formed by ice crystals* Mixture of snow and rain Air Masses and Fronts Air Masses Air Masses : formed when air in the : formed when air in the atmosphere is heated at the equator and atmosphere is heated at the equator and cooled at the poles. cooled at the poles. Fronts Fronts : formed when two air masses of : formed when two air masses of different temperatures and humidity* bump different temperatures and humidity* bump into each other. into each other. *Humidity *Humidity is the amount of water vapor is the amount of water vapor in the air. in the air. Types of Fronts Cold front Cold front Warm front Warm front Cold air mass pushes into a warm air mass. Warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass. Additional Weather Tools Air pressure Air pressure is the result of the mass/weight is the result of the mass/weight of the air and temperature pushing on its of the air and temperature pushing on its surroundings. (atmospheric pressure) surroundings. (atmospheric pressure) Measured using Measured using a a BAROMETER BAROMETER [...]... clouds with flat bottoms Cumulus clouds usually indicate fair weather (Middle) Resemble? Cirrus Feathery, wispy, clouds; associated with fair weather They often indicate that rain or snow will fall within hours (High) Made from? Stratus Flat, smooth, gray clouds that blanket/cover the whole sky (low) What type of weather? Cumulo-nimbus • Foul weather storm clouds that bring heavy rains and thunderstorms... Cold Front Wind /Weather Vane Thermometer Hurricane High pressure Snow Air Masses Cumulous Clouds Low pressure Precipitation Barometer Sleet Cumulo-nimbus Clouds Hail Rain Gauge Warm Front Air pressure Clouds Thunderstorm Tornado Anemometer Stratus Clouds Weather Meteorologists The ABC’s of Weather Draw a letter from the bag Share a word or phrase that begins with the letter to summarize weather Tara Moore,...Do weather forecasters use air pressure to predict the weather? High pressure areas are formed when air is cooled Low pressure is formed when air is warmed Weather associated with low pressure areas are: clouds, rain, and wind Thunderstorms Storms Tornadoes Hurricanes Thunderstorms