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Learning about Weather

  1. What are weather observations?
  2. How do we measure air temperature?
  3. How can we measure the wind?
  4. How are clouds formed?
  5. How is rain formed?
  6. What are weather reports?
  7. How has weather forecasting changed over the past two hundred years?

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What are weather observations?

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© NOAA: Historic NWS Collection

Weather Bureau meteorologist reading a weather map hot off the facscimile machine.

All sciences begin with observations. Without observations, scientists have no way to develop new theories and to test existing theories. The weather is no exception. Meteorologists (scientists who study the weather) observe many elements of the weather, both at the Earth's surface and at high altitudes. Weather observations are used for predicting the weather and for developing and testing new theories about how the weather works.

 

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