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Predicting Weather Cut n’ Paste
Weather
Balloons
Fact One
Fact Two
Located in the Troposphere & lower
Stratosphere
Measures temperature, air pressure, and
humidity
Measures air pressure
Barometer
Represented by isobars on a weather
map
Cold Front
Fast moving cold air mass meets a slow
moving warm air mass
Low Pressure
System
Represented by an L on a weather map
Air molecules expand and rises
Located in the Exosphere
Measures temperature, solar radiation,
wind speed and wind direction, and
provide images of clouds and storm
systems
Weather
Satellites
Measures temperature
Thermometer
Represented by isotherms on a weather
map
Warm Front
Fast moving warm air mass meets a slow
moving cold air mass
Automated
Weather
Stations
Located on Earth’s surface
Anemometer Represented by
on a weather map
Measures things like temperature, air
pressure, humidity, and wind speed and
direction
Measures wind speed
Stationary
Front
A warm air mass meets a cold air mass
but neither move
High Pressure
Represented by an H on a weather map
System
Computer
Forecasts
Located on Earth’s surface
Air molecules condenses and sink
Measure things like temperature, air
pressure, humidity, wind speed and
direction
Measures wind direction
Wind Vane
Represented by
Occluded
Front
A warm air mass is pushed out of the
way by two cold air masses
Doppler
Radar
Located on the ground
Tracks amount and direction of
precipitation
Rain Gauge
Represented by a dot or three dots in the
shape of a triangle
Measures precipitation