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Video Notes – METEOROLOGY
We will answer the questions that have an asterisk (*) by them after the video.
1. Meteorology – The scientific study of Earth’s atmosphere; in particular the study of
weather
*2. Meteorologist – scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it.
*3. What is the first step in forecasting the weather? collecting data
*4. What impact has technology had on weather forecasting? Improved accuracy
5. Equipment Used by Weather Forecasters: (List all forecasting equipment that you hear
mentioned in the video. Can you find all 14?)
 Ceilometers
 Sunshine switch
 Temperature sensor
 Barometer
 Weather vane
 Anemometer
 Precipitation gauge
 Weather map
 Weather balloons
 Weather planes
 Doppler radar
 Satellites
 Boats
 Weather stations
6. What is another name for the Celsius scale?
Centigrade scale
7. Weather Map Symbols: (What information does each symbol below tell us?)
a) Symbol that looks like a musical note:
 Stem – wind direction
 Number of vertical lines – wind speed
b) Circle at the end of the wind symbol:
 Solid circle – full cloud color
 Open circle – no cloud cover
 Partially full circle – 50% cloud cover
c) Upper number – atmospheric pressure
d) Lower number – temperature
e) Triangles – cold front
f) Half circles – warm front
g) Shaded area – precipitation
h) The words Low and High – pressure
* i) Isobars – lines joining places on the map that have the same air pressure
* j) Isotherms – lines joining places on the map that have the same temperature
8. The forecasts that we see on TV and in the newspaper and hear on the radio come from
which government agency? National Weather Service
9. List three things that they do.