Weather

    Cards (15)

      • Weather satellites scan the earth’s atmosphere
      • Data is measured by Met Éireann to create weather maps & predictions
      • Forecast is then broadcast by meteorologists
    • Rain gauge - precipitation mm
    • Wind vane - direction wind is going
    • Anemometer - wind speed km/h
    • Barometer - clock (millibars - atmospheric pressure - weight of atmosphere pushing down on the earth
    • Hygrometer-humidity - %
    • Campbell stokes recorder - hrs per day
    • Air Mass
      • Large moving pockets of air.
      • Fronts occur where 2 different air masses meet
    • Cirrus Clouds
    • Cumulus clouds
    • Stratus clouds
    • H on a weather map - high atomospheric pressure, L is the opposite
    • High and low pressure
    • depression is a low-pressure system bringing clouds, rain, and wind
    • Anticyclone is high atmospheric pressure with clear skies and little or no precipitation.