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Water Spotters

Water Spotters. Weather Station Instruments. What is Weather?. Weather is what’s currently going on in our atmosphere. Weather is the temperature outside, the precipitation falling from the sky, the winds blowing all around, and the clouds above us!. A Weather Station.

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Water Spotters

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  1. Water Spotters Weather Station Instruments

  2. What is Weather? Weather is what’s currently going on in our atmosphere. Weather is the temperature outside, the precipitation falling from the sky, the winds blowing all around, and the clouds above us!

  3. A Weather Station A weather station houses the instruments that measure atmospheric variables like temperature, humidity, precipitation, pressure, and wind. These instruments include the maximum and minimum thermometers, rain gauge, barometer, weather vane and anemometer.

  4. Thermometer The thermometer measures the temperature of the air around us. The air temperature outside changes constantly. It changes because the sun changes its position in the sky, when the sun goes down at night, when the sun goes behind a cloud, or when warm or cold air moves into our area.

  5. Barometer There is air pressure around us all the time. The barometer measures the air pressure around us. Sometimes this air pressure changes because of changes in the atmosphere. When the air pressure changes there is usually a change in the weather. When there is a big change in the air pressure a storm is coming.

  6. Weather Vane The weather vane tells us from which direction the wind is coming from. It is set up so the arrow points in that direction. The wind hits the back tail and turns it so the arrow will point in the direction the windis coming from. Sometimes we can tell if a storm is coming by knowing which direction the wind is coming from.

  7. Anemometer The anemometer measures how fast the air is moving around us. It may be blowing softly telling us that we will enjoy fair weather for a while, or it may be blowing hard telling us that a low pressure is near and a storm may be coming our way. The wind can be very pleasant or it can do a lot of damage.

  8. Rain Gauge The rain gauge measures how much rain we got during a rainstorm. After the rainfall is measured, meteorologists will look at the other weather instruments to see what the conditions were like right before it rained. They will record this data. When they see the other instruments all measuring the same again before another rainstorm, they can predict how much rain we will get with the storm coming in.

  9. Weather and Climate Analogy Weather is to climate as a page is to a book. A few days of weather does not give the entire story of climate, just as a single page does not tell the entire story of a book. Now you try to create your own analogy. Weather is to climate as ______ is to _______.

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