Thunderstorm Power Point
Thunderstorm Power Point
Thunderstorm Power Point
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Meteorologist Jobs
Operational Forecaster analyzes weather conditions
and issues forecasts or alerts.
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of weather like severe weather or climate change.
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and forecasts for missions around the world.
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Other job functions that they have:
Sensors
Middle School
Meteorologists
Temperature
Humidity
the amount of water vapor in the air
Dew Point
The temperature at which the air can no longer "hold" all of the water
vapor, which is mixed with it, and some of the water vapor must
condense into liquid water.
Atmospheric Pressure
Atmospheric pressure is a measure of the weight of air in atmosphere
above us. Air is made up of molecules of elements in gaseous state
and minute dust particles.
Background
Knowledge
Barometric
Pressure:
In a high pressure
system, there are
cooler temperatures
and clear skies.
In a low pressure
system, there is
warmer weather,
storms, and rain.
Barometric Pressure is
measured in millibars.
Average Barometric
Pressure is 30
Humidity
The amount of
moisture the air
can hold before it
rains.
100% Humidity is
the most it can
hold.
Average
Humidity in
Raleigh, NC is
70%.
Identifying the
Problem
Can you predict a
thunderstorm using only
the Humidity and
Barometer sensors on
the SensorTag?
Making a Hypothesis
If ___________________, then
_________________________.
Examples:
If the Humidity is 100%, then
precipitation will occur.
If the barometric pressure is
high, then the sky will be clear.
Instructions:
Hold Sensor Tag out in front of you for five
minutes in order for the data to populate.
After five minutes, record the numbers you get
for the humidity and barometric pressure onto
the data chart given.
Humidity
Barometric
Chance of
Thunderstorm
(Yes/No)
Graph
With your group, decide which graph will
display the trend of the data you all
collected: line, bar, or pie graph. It is okay if
you do not all agree.
Then, each person should create two graphs
of the data points collected in their
interactive notebooks. One graph will be on
humidity and the other will be barometric
pressure.
X-axis: # days
Y-axis: % of humidity and barometric
pressure levels
Reflection Questions
1. Which day had the highest humidity during
data collection?
2. When humidity is projected to be 100%,
what does this mean?
3. Which chart type did you choose to
represent your data and why?
4. Would recording your data after one minute
yield the same results as five minutes?
5. Look at your chart. Which days should
there be a thunderstorm? How do you know
a thunderstorm will occur on these days?