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"Weather is a great metaphor for life - sometimes it's good,
sometimes it's bad, and there's nothing much you can do about it
but carry an umbrella." Pepper Giardino
Weather
Report
This site will help you learn
about weather. Click on any of the highlighted words to find out
more about that subject. It is based on a site created by Susan Polacheck-Teacher
in Cobb County Georgia.
What is weather?
Weather is what happens outside.
The air, or atmosphere, around us behaves in different ways. It changes
when it's hot or cold, and when it's wet or dry. It acts differently when
it's calm or stormy, and clear or cloudy. The atmosphere reacts to
everything from rain to sunshine. Snow is weather. Thunder and lightning
are weather, too. Sometimes the atmosphere behaves violently, and sometimes
it's peaceful and quiet. Either way, it's weather. Additional information
can be found at:
Weather Basics,
What is Weather?,
About the weather,
How is Climate different from Weather?
Climate is the average weather
in a location over a long period of time. A month without rain would be
considered a dry climate. A month with temperatures below freezing would
be considered a cold climate. Climate is useful for weather forecasting.
It also helps deter- mine when the best time would be for farmers to plant
their crops. It could even be helpful for you and your family to plan a
vacation. Additional information can be found at Weatherand Climate Basics ,
Climate
Clouds
Clouds
are made of small droplets of water or bits of ice that are spread out
from each other. Rain falls when the drops get too big and heavy to stay
in the cloud. There are 3 major types of clouds... cumulus, stratus, and
cirrus.
More information can be found at
All
About Clouds,
Enchanted Learning,
Cloud Types
Weather forecasting is a prediction
of what the weather will be like in an hour, tomorrow, or next week. The
people who study the weather and make forecasts are called meteorologists.
Meteorologists
use special, high-tech equipment to help them make their forecasts. They
use
symbols
to represent
information on the weather maps because there is little room for all of
the information they need to report. Additional information can be found
at
Weather Forecasting, How meteorologists forecast weather
You
Can Be the Forecaster You can forecast the weather
by using
clouds,
or the wind, or just your senses.
