Today’s Weather is brought to you by Westly Whithers

Today’s Weatheris brought to you

by Westly Whithers

Westly Whithershere to give you the latest

aboutour weather.

First, you need to know a little about me and how I make my predictions.

• Scientists who studies and measures weather conditions.

Some call me a weatherman but I went to school to learn more and became a ………

• Need to know how to use and read the following instruments:

Thermometer

• measures air temperature

Hot Fact1593 Galileo Galilei invented the 1st

Thermometer (on the left). Then in 1714 Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the 1st mercury thermometer with a F° scale. In 1743 Andrus Celsius created a thermometer with the Celsius scale.

Galileo’s Thermometer

Barometer

• measures pressure of the atmosphere

(air pressure)

Hot Fact- Evangelista Torricelliinvented the mercury barometer in 1644.

Anemometer • measures wind speed

Hot Fact- Measures wind in revolutions per minute.Aircraft crews need to know the speed of the wind before taking off and landing.

Weather Vane or Windsock • finds the wind’s

direction

Hot Facts -The first metal wind vane was a Life-size Greek God, Triton, that was placed in Athens between 48 BC to 250 AD (This vane of Triton represented him traditionally with a human head and upper body and the tail of a fish. He also held a wand in his hand pointing the direction from which the

wind blew.)

Rain Gauge

• measures the amount of liquid precipitation over a period of time

Hot Fact- In 1441 King Sejong and his son invented the first rain gauge used as the official tool to assess land taxes based on farmer’s potential harvest.

Can you name the weather instrument?

What does it do?

Weather Vane

Weather Vane

finds the wind’s direction

Can you name this weather instrument?

What does it do?

Anemometer

measures wind speed

Can you name this weather instrument?

What does it do?

Rain Gauge

measures the amount of liquidprecipitationover a period of time.

Can you name this weather instrument?

What does it do?

Thermometer

measures air temperature

Can you name this weather instrument?

What does it do?

Barometer

measures pressure of the atmosphere (air pressure)

Now are you ready to exploreand learn more about weather and the job of a meteorologist?Your teacher has many exciting

activities for you!Have Fun!

Westly

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