Monday, July 8, 2013

Noticing the Weather

When you woke up this morning, were there clouds? Did you notice? Were there clouds yesterday? Usually people don't really pay attention to the weather, unless it rains at the baseball game or the fog skews the view of the fireworks. It may not always seem like the weather has a pattern, but it does. By tracking the weather, the patterns emerge and predictions can be made.

Activity:
  • Look at the skycover forecast map and find the region in which you live. 
  • According to the map, and what you can see outside, is the forecast correct for the current time? What will happen to the weather in the next few hours?
Remember to write you answers in the comments.
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 8, 2013 at 8:54 PM

    Last year when I was in Vermont on the forth of July there was a massive thunder and lightening. The sky became so dark that it was like night even though it was just the afternoon. The rain came pouring down so hard it was scary. After the storm passed we all went outside and there were about ten trees down along with the power in the house for the rest of the night. The whole next week my father inlaw and I had to cut up the down trees with the saw and drag them away with the tractor. Pretty cool for a city guy like me. :)

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  2. UnknownJuly 9, 2013 at 1:28 PM

    Yes, the weather forecast appears to be correct for the current time here in San Jose. It looks like it will get 3 degrees warmer in the next few hours.

    I've been told that the NWS website has the most accurate weather information and forecasts. I've always wondered if the weather apps and websites draw their information from this site or get it from other private sources. Sometimes my iPhone weather app shows a different temperature than the Weather Channel app or the Yahoo Weather app. What's up with that?

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  3. rachel iuferJuly 15, 2013 at 10:32 AM

    The NWS (NOAA) site is the go-to site for most forecasts. They have an incredible number of source points for information including a few geosynchronous satellites. Other weather apps may use their own data collection or pool from different sources, but it may come down to where the temperature is coming from. Think about San Francisco alone: in Noe Valley, SOMA or the Marina the temperatures could vary dramatically but they are all the same city. If you are in the Marina, and that is also where the thermometer happens to be, then it's accurate, but if you live in SOMA, it's not.

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  4. UnknownJuly 21, 2013 at 1:23 PM

    http://www.bio-rad.com/en-us/education

    Here is the URL to the Bio Rad site.

    Ray

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