How can you measure weather?

What will you wear today???Heavy or light clothes?????

Weather

A. Temperature

B. Precipitation

C. Wind

Temperature

(A)

How hot or cold weather is

Thermometer:

Used to measure temperature

•The weather is cool•The temperatureis 20 Celsius

Types of Precipitation

Objectives:Observe and describe types of

precipitation, including rain, snow, sleet, and ice.

Measure snow using ruler.

Measure rain using rain gauge.

Water that falls to earth from clouds

Rain

Drops of water

SnowVery small ice particles

Sleet

Mixture of rain

and snow

HailChunks of ice

How do scientists measure rainand snow????

Rain GaugeUsed to

measure the

amount of rain

in one spot

RulerUsed to measure the depth of

snow

Measuring the depth of snowIn front of you is a measuring cup

filled with fake snow

Scientists use ……………………………. to measure the depth of snow.

Measure the depth of the snow in the measuring cup

Depth of snow = ………….. centimeter

How wind blows

Moving Air

Wind Sock:

Used to measurespeed and direction of the wind

When the wind blows the wind sock points to the direction of the wind

speed of the wind

Strong wind light wind

Anemometer:Also used to

measurespeed of the wind