Weather Tools

A Meteorologist's Toolbox

Barometer

Barometers are tools that measure air pressure

Air pressure is the weight of air pressing down on earth

Anemometer

Anemometers are weather tools that measure wind speed.

How fast is the wind blowing?

Rain Gauge

Rain gauges are weather tools that measure the amount of rain

that has fallen.

How much did it rain?

Wind Vane

Wind vanes tell you what direction the wind is blowing.

Thermometer

Thermometers are used to measure the temperature.

Temperature is how hot or cold something is

Thermometer

Temperature & Thermometers

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Fahrenheit or Celsius

• Temperature is measured by Fahrenheit or Celsius.

• In America, we use Fahrenheit. But many other places in the world use Celsius.

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Let’s make out own thermometer!

Freezing

• 32 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature that water freezes.

• How could does it have to be for it to snow?

• What does 30 degrees look like on your thermometer?

Boiling

• Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit

• What does 212 degrees look like on your thermometer?

Body

• Your body temperature is about 98 degrees Fahrenheit

• What does 98 degrees look like on your thermometer?

Room Temperature

• Room temperature is normally about 70 degrees Fahrenheit

• What does 70 degrees look like on your thermometer?

Recess Temperature!

• We go outside for recess if the temperature is 40 degrees or more!

• What does 40 degrees look like on your thermometer?

What did you learn about weather tools?

What are they and how do we use them?