weather forecasting

definition of weather forecasting

a way of predicting what the weather will be like in the future

what meteorologists are

scientists who study the weather

how weather forecasts are made

collecting quantitative data about the current state of the atmosphere, land, and ocean and using meteorology to project how the atmosphere will change at a given place

why weather warnings are important

they are used to protect life and property

definition of weather stations

a facility that is used to measure and record weather conditions

What weather satellites do

- they take picture of Earth's surface & temp
- they take pictures of clouds, storms & other weather
conditions
- they track the movement of storms
- provide data on temperature, humidity, and other
atmospheric conditions

how weather radars work

- they emit a beam of energy ( a radio wave) that travels
through the air
- the energy hits something and is scattered
- the energy from the beam is detected by the radar and
makes a picture of the precipitation in the area

what radiosondes are

small devices that meteorologists use to measure the weather in the upper atmosphere

what radiosondes do

take measurements of temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, and wind direction

what computer models do

they create a virtual representation of the atmosphere and use data from weather station, satellites, radar and radiosondes

definition of climate

the long-term pattern of weather in a particular region

what the climate is determined by

amount of sunlight the region recieves, the distance from the equator, the altitude, the amount of moisture in the air, and if there's any nearby bodies of water or mountain ranges

the amount of years required to determine a climate

30 years

all the mechanisms that assist in weather forecasts

• weather stations

• satellites

• radar

• radiosondes

• computer models