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Fun Weather Facts and Tools: Engaging Classroom Presentation

Join Weather Presenter Kara Piarulli for an interactive session on weather and climate. Learn about tornadoes, hurricanes, tools for measuring weather, and history of hurricanes. Discover how meteorologists predict the weather and the exciting career options in meteorology. Engage with fun facts and activities during this engaging presentation.

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Fun Weather Facts and Tools: Engaging Classroom Presentation

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  1. WEATHER Presenter: Kara Piarulli Teacher: Ms. Simmons

  2. INTRODUCTION • I studied weather in college for four years! • I went back to school for a year to study climate • My goal is to teach young students about the weather/climate throughout the country and to also spend some time forecasting

  3. Engage • How many of you have ever seen a tornado? Do you think thunderstorms are cool? What about hurricanes? How many of you are afraid of either?

  4. Fun facts • Only 10-20 percent of the strongest thunderstorms become tornadoes • Most common month is May. • Most common time for a tornado to hit is between 3-9pm at night. • Hurricanes can be hundreds of miles wide! • Some meteorologists fly into hurricanes(Hurricane Hunters)

  5. True/False • Hurricanes can produce tornadoes. • Hurricanes can form over land. • Two or more tornadoes can occur at the same place at one time. • A tornado can sometimes stay on the ground for an hour.

  6. Tools Measure • Anemometer-wind • Thermometer-temperature • Rain gauge • Weather balloons • Satellite-clouds • Radar-rain

  7. hurricanes

  8. Tornadoes • Tornado watch – tornadoes may form • Tornado warning – take cover! • Sirens! • Trained spotters • Where do you go to be safe?

  9. History and naming of hurricanes • The National Hurricane Center(NHS) in 1953. Miami, Florida. • Originally only boy names were used! Then only girls names. • 1979- both • Now, there are six lists of names, new list every year. • 2018’s list for Atlantic will be used again in 2024

  10. What will the weather be like tomorrow? What about next week? • How do meteorologists predict what the weather will be? • Maps(low and high pressure) • Models(how and where large weather systems will go) • Clouds, wind direction, elevation, humidity, etc !

  11. Weather Classes I Took in college • Math • Satellite,radar,climate, cloud physics, class on thunderstorms(mesoscale, small storms)

  12. Why I love the weather and challenges in being a meteorologist

  13. Jobs • The National Weather Service(NWS) • Forecasters(airlines, shipping companies) • Professor • Radio stations • Broadcasting- The Weather Channel, Accuweather, local news channel • Need to get more experience

  14. QUESTIONS?

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