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By: Caleb Barfield and Evan Cleveland
Precipitation
is falling products of condensation in the atmosphere
Types of Precipitation
 Rain: precipitation from clouds in the form of a drop
 Snow: precipitation in the form of ice crystals
 Sleet: precipitation in the form of ice pellets
 Hail: showery precipitation in the form of ice balls
Front
the boundary between two air masses that have different
temperatures or humidity
 Cold Front: a transition zone where cold air takes
place of warm air
 Warm Front: a transition zone where warm air takes
place of cold air
Temperature
a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object
 0 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Fahrenheit (freezing
point)
 This effects what types of precipitation falls
Weather Patterns
weather conditions that show a repeating pattern
 we are having a cloudy weather pattern
 patterns are averaged over a long period of time to find
out the climate of a certain area
What is the difference?
Weather vs. Climate
Weather
Climate
 short period
 long period
 today’s weather may be rainy,
 the northern hemisphere may
but that is not the climate
because tomorrow could be
sunny
be cold a lot but that is the
climate, not the weather
Weather Forecast
a prediction of what the weather will be like in a certain
time
 weather stations use weather patterns, radar, and they
just look outside to predict the weather
 weather forecasts are usually accurate for the next
seven days
Weather Map
a map or chart that shows weather conditions
Weather Map Info
 temperature (shown by number or color)
 what types of precipitation (shown by pictures)
 fronts (shown by lines)
 lots of maps have keys, but if they don’t, usually blues
are cooler temperatures and reds are hotter