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3. Weather: The day to day changes in the atmosphere involving
heat, moisture, and pressure
Climate: the decade to decade, century to century changes in
the weather
What makes the weather happen?
What makes the wind blow and the rain fall?
4. Weather Vocabulary
Temperature: the measure of heat energy
Air Pressure: the force of the atmosphere on the Earth’s
surface
Precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, hail
Cloud: a mass of condensed liquid water molecules in the
atmosphere
Isobar: a line that connects points of equal air pressure
7. Water Cycle Vocabulary
Evaporation: how water vapor enters the atmosphere as a
result of absorbing heat
Transpiration: How water vapor enters the atmosphere from
PLANTS
Condensation: water vapor converts back to liquid water after
it cools to dew point
Dew Point: the temperature at which water vapor condenses to
liquid
8. Why study Dew Point?
Plane pilots use dew point data to:
1) Calculate the likelihood of
carburetor icing
2) Calculate the likelihood of fog
3) Estimate the height of a cumulus
cloud base.
9. Determining where clouds form
Cloud Base Height: a cloud forms where the air temperature
reaches the dew point temperature
10. How to find cloud base height
Materials
Sling Psychrometer (swingy-thingy)
Dry-Bulb Temperature: air temperature
Wet-Bulb Temperature: air temperature with a wet sock on the
thermometer
Wet-Bulb Depression: the difference between the dry-bulb
temperature and the wet-bulb temperature
11. Dew point chart
The blank boxes mean
These conditions do
NOT exist on Earth!!
12. Steps
Example #s1. Determine Dry-bulb temp.
2. Determine Wet-bulb temp.
3. Determine wet-bulb depression
(the difference between the dry
and wet bulb temps)
4. Determine Dew point (use the
wet-bulb depression and the
dry-bulb temp.)
5. Use the Cloud Base Altitude
Chart (next page)
1. 12oC
2. 7oC
3. 12oC - 7oC = 5oC
1. 1oC
13. Cloud BAse Altitude
Chart
6. Use the Dry-bulb temp.
And the Dew POint temp
7. Use the solid line to
trace a line that indicates
your dry-bulb temp.
8. Use the dotted line to
trace a line that indicates
the Dew Point temp.
9. At the point where the
two lines meet, draw a
horizontal line to the y-
axis. Where this hits is the
Cloud Base Altitude
15. Relative Humidity
The amount of
moisture in the
atmosphere as
compared to how
much it could hold
at that temperature
16. Weather Fronts
Cold Front: The leading edge of a cold air mass
The cold dense air lifts the less dense moist air up
where it cools and condenses
17. Weather Fronts
Warm Front: the leading edge of a warm air mass
This less dense air mass will move over a cool, more
dense air mass. Rise slowly cool, and condense
19. Source Region
The region over which an air mass forms. The air masses
acquires the characteristics of these regions
Maritime (m): forms over water, WET!
Continental (c): forms over land, DRY!
Tropical (T): forms near the Equator, WARM!
Polar (P): forms near the poles, COLD!
21. Precipitation
Why does rain fall from one cloud and snow from another?
All about the Dew Point! All about the Dew Point!
If the Dew Point is below 0oC, snow will fall
22. Hail will fall
The clouds are very tall, so TALL the bottom of the cloud is
above 0oC and the top of the cloud is below 0oC. Plus very
strong updrafts equals HAIL!
23. Sleet/Freezing RAin will fall if...
The Dew Point is above 0oC and the air below it is colder
than 0oC
OR the Dew Point temperature is colder than 0oC, the air
below is warmer that 0oC and then colder than 0oC below that
layer
24. Rain will fall if...
The Dew Point is above 0oC and the air beneath the cloud
below is also above 0oC
25. Snow will fall if….
The Dew Point in the clouds is below 0oC and the air beneath
is below 0oC
26. Extreme Weather Events
Cyclone: a low pressure air mass where winds spiral inwards
counter clockwise
There are 2 types
1. Hurricane: a large, severe low pressure system that forms
over warm water, winds exceed 74 mph
2. Tornado
28. Track of a Hurricane
❖ Hurricanes begin in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean North of
the Equator
❖ They move west and north due to planetary winds
❖ Once they cross 30oN latitude, they change direction and
move North East
❖ Once they hit land, they lose energy
30. Hurricane Dangers
They pose 3 types of danger
1. High winds: people and property injured/damaged by flying
debris
2. Storm Surge: people and property near the coast are
injured/damaged by the sea being pushed inland by high
winds
3. Inland Flooding: Heavy rain overwhelm the local streams.
They flood their banks and flood areas
32. What to do in the event of a hurricane
Along coastlines evacuate inland/to higher ground
Inland shelter in place. Avoid low lying areas and
floodplains
Stock up on water, non-perishable food and batteries
Secure any/all loose objects on ground. Stay away from
windows
33. Tornado
A not so large severe low pressure system that forms over
warm, dry land where winds can exceed 350 mph
Usually occur in the region called Tornado Alley in the
midwest, but can occur anywhere
Can occur with little warning and move rapidly causing total
destruction in their wake
35. Tornado Season
Tornadoes frequently occur between February through May, but
can occur anytime
They frequently occur in the wake of Thunderstorms
They also create conditions for other tornadoes to spring up.
These “swarms” of tornadoes can exceed 200
37. In the Event of a Tornado
You have very little preparation time so plan ahead
Have a shelter nearby (less than 1 minute) with no windows,
preferably below ground
Have stores of water, non-perishable food and emergency
supplies
38. Blizzards
Why do the Adirondack Mountains tends to get more snow than
the Hudson Valley?
Lake Effect Snow
How do storms out of the South bring so much snow to us here
in the Northeast?
Nor’easter
39. Lake Effect Snow
Cold dry winds, cP air mass out of Canada blow eastward
across Lake Ontario
The lake’s water is warmer than the air mass above the lake.
The warmer water transfers heat and moisture to the air
This warm, moist air mass reaches the Eastern shore of the
lake. It rises over the Tug Hill Plateau. The cools to Dew
Point and snows like CRAZY!
41. Nor’easter Snowstorm
Warm, moist air, mT air mass out of the Caribbean moves North
and West
Cold, dry air, cP air mass from Canada moves South and East
The 2 air masses meet over the Appalachian Mountains, forcing
the warm, moist air over the more dense cold dry air.
Moisture cools, condense and it SNOWS like CRAZY!!
