Goals
- Collect
weather data available on the Internet, in newspapers, and on television.
- Produce
a weather forecast based on the data.
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| Researching
Weather |
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Print
this data table and record
data from your area that you collect every day for at least two weeks. |
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Your
weather data should include temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind
direction, amount and type of precipitation, and cloud cover. Be sure to include
the date and your location.
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Data
Sources
Collect
data from these sites as well
as from other students around the country. You can use these data to make your
own weather maps. Click on the Interactive
map (above) to create your own weather maps using your data. Post your data
below.
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| Predicting
the Weather |
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After
you have collected at least two weeks of weather data for your area, it's time
to make your forecast. |
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Using
your data, predict what the weather will be like each day for the next week. For
each day, make a prediction of the temperature, movement of fronts, and whether
there will be precipitation. Record your predictions on the interactive map. Print
the map. |
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Each
day, record what the weather was really like and compare it to your prediction. |
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Your Data |
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| Conclude
and Apply |
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How
close did your predictions come to the actual weather? Were your forecasts for
the first few days more accurate than the later days' forecasts? Explain. |
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How
could you make your predictions more accurate? Would data from other areas help?
Explain your answer.
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| Go
Further |
| Look
up weather data from your area for the last ten years. Find out the record high
and low temperatures and amounts of precipitation. How could historical weather
data help you make better forecasts? |
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These
sayings are about the weather. You may check out the weather forecast to decide
if a concert will be rained out or if you need to wear a coat to the park. Knowing
what the weather will be like is important. But how do scientists predict or forecast
the weather? They collect weather data everyday all over the country and try to
find a pattern in the data. Why do they get it wrong sometimes? Let's find out.
