Weather

• Go to http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/basic.html. 
• Click on “predict the weather at the bottom of the screen. 
• Type your zip code in the spaces provided and record the information about the weather on your paper.  (Hendersonville’s zip code 37075)
• After you have the information needed about the weather, look at the definitions and explanations of the weather data.
• Answer these questions from the website on your own paper.

1.  Look at the wind direction around your forecast city. Is the air blowing from colder areas toward your city, or is warmer air moving in?

2.  Will clouds or precipitation be coming, and if so, a lot or a little?

3.  Will there be rain, sleet, or snow?

4.  What does the image show?

5. Is there much cloud cover?

6. Do you think it will increase or decrease, based on what you have learned from the weather maps?

7.  In each country, the government issues an official forecast. However, you may see a different forecast in newspapers, television stations, and online services. These may not agree with each other. Do you think one of these services will be the most accurate every day, or will the truth be somewhere in between them?

8.  What will you do for your forecast if these sources do not agree?

§         Now click on “games” at the top of the screen.

§         Play the games about clouds.

§         Now go back to http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/basic.html

§         Click on “thunderstorms/tornados”

§         Click on “tornados impact our lives” at the bottom of the page

§         Read all of the information and answer the questions on the web page.

§         Now click on “how tornados form”.

§         Read the information about how tornados form.

§         If you have any time left, you may explore this site.