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Forcasting the Weather
As you watch the weather forecast on the local news program, you wonder how the meteorologist knows what the weather will be like tomorrow, or even for the rest of the week. This excercise is designed to help you practice observing weather. Accurate observations are useful to make weather forecasts.
 

 

For at least seven days, use the Internet, newspaper, television, radio news, or weather tools that you make yourself to complete the chart below.

Date
Precipitation
Air temperature
Wind speed
Wind direction
Air pressure
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
Okay - now that you collected data it is time to use it. Based on the data, write a short weather prediction for the next day or two. Share your prediction with your family or friends. 

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Want to share photos of you or your friends doing this activity? Send it in an e-mail with the following information: the title of the activity, the URL (Internet address), and your name. Remember that no pictures can be used which show any student faces or has a student name.

Updated August 18, 2005 by: Glen Westbroek

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