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Title: 24.6 Predicting the Weather


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24.6 Predicting the Weather
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Weather Forecasting
  • Meteorologist scientist who studies the
    weather.
  • Meteorology study of the Earths atmosphere

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Doppler radar
  • Radio waves are bounced off particles of
    precipitation to track speed and path of storms.

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Weather stations satelites
  • Stations collect data such as temp.,
    precipitation, wind speed, and direction,
    pressure, humidity
  • Satelites In orbit, collect
  • cloud cover, humidity, temp, and wind speed

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High Speed Computers
  • Help compile data to make short term and long
    term forecasts.
  • Short term 12 hrs. 3 days
  • usually very accurate
  • Long term 7-12 days
  • Good Luck!!!!!

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Weather Maps
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Weather Maps
  • Use symbols to show fronts, pressure,
    precipitation, cloud cover. Also gives temps. and
    other local conditions

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Symbols
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Isobars
  • Lines that connect points of equal pressure.

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Isotherms
  • Lines that connect points of equal temperature.

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