weather instruments

​A scientist who studies and predicts the weather. A meteorologist uses weather tools to help makes these predictions.

​* A tool used to measure the temperature of the air.

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​* Importance: Tells how hot/cold something is in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius.

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​* A tool used to measure air pressure.

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​*Importance:

• Can determine what kind of weather we will have.

• ​High Pressure = (clear skies and sunny)

• ​Low Pressure = (cloudy and rainy)

​* A tool used to measure the amount of precipitation that has fallen.

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​Four types of precipitation are rain, snow, sleet and hail.

​* A tool used to measure the wind speed

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​* Importance: It consists of metal cups attached to a rod that rotates as the wind blows. The speed of the turning cups can be used to calculate wind speed.

​* Is used to tell what direction the wind is blowing.

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​*The four wind directions are North, East, South and West.

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