6th grade ch. 3 sec. 3 predicting the weather
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Sec. 3 Predicting
the Weather
meteorologist
•scientist that studies causes of weather
•predict weather by using:
process large amounts of information quickly to
help forecasters
make predictions
•computers
•weather balloons
•weather satellites•Collect data on temp,
humidity, solar radiation, wind speed
•Provide images of clouds
automated weather stations
Reading weather maps
isobars
•lines joining places on weather map w/ same air pressure
isotherms•lines joining places w/ same
temp.
Newspaper Weather Map
Weather Map
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