Weather & Climate

Weather & Climate Definitions

Weather- the state of the atmosphere with
respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness,
calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness.
Climate the average course or condition of
the weather at a place usually over a period of
years as exhibited by temperature, wind
velocity, and precipitation


igh !ressure
Higher pressure than what is
normal for that altitude.
What do you notice about the air in this
region"
#rings clear s$ies and fair weather.
%he sin$ing cold air warms as it does so and
becomes stable.
Picture taken from:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/high_pressure.html
&ow !ressure
' low pressure region (depression
or cyclone) is caused by rising air.
Clouds, rain, and very strong winds
occur.
Why do you thin$ that is"





Picture taken from:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/low_pressure.html
Creating a Cloud
Watch the cloud demonstration*
What were the $ey ingredients in creating
the cloud"
ow is this representative of what might ta$e
place in the atmosphere"
Cloud %ypes







Picture taken from:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cloud_types.jpg
%emperature & umidity
Temperature - 'ir higher in pressure is usually
cooler air and air lower in pressure is usually
warmer air.
What happens when the two meet"
Humidity - ow much water is in the air over
how much water could fit in the air (right before
the water begins to condense out of the air).
Dew point + %emperature at which the moisture
saturates the air is the dew point.

Wind
Caused by the earth,s surface
being heated unevenly by the sun.
Why would the earth,s surface heat unevenly"
ow do you thin$ this causes the wind"



Picture taken from:
http://www.disc.wisc.edu/pus/!ewsletters/fe"#news.html


%hunderstorms
What type of cloud causes these"
Consists of gusty winds, heavy rain and hail.
Can result in a tornado







Picture taken from:
http://www.fairfield.k$%.ct.us/&ogerludlowe/
crogerludlowe"#/we'uests/(eather/
thunderstorm.jpg

&ightning
What did you observe in all the lightning
demonstrations" ow does this suggest
lightning occurs"
-nteresting .act* /ore people are $illed by
lightning per year than
in tornadoes000

Picture taken from:
http://hip.ecse.rpi.edu/)connor/education/*urge/
images/lightning.jpg
'tmosphere

Troposphere + /ost of the weather
occurs.
Stratosphere + 123 of the atmosphere,s
gases are here4 o5one layer is here
Mesosphere + /ost meteorites burn up
here.
Thermosphere + igh energy rays from
the sun are absorbed4 hottest layer.
Eosphere + /olecules from atmosphere
escape into space4 satellites orbit here.


Picture taken from:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/
Atmosphere/layers_acti+ity_print.html
6reenhouse 6ases
6reenhouse gases + carbon dioxide, methane,
water vapor, nitrous oxide, and fluorocarbons.
're they all bad" We will find out through the
lab.
7etain the heat through a process called the
6reenhouse effect.

Picture taken from:
http://mikeytherhino.files.wordpress.com/%"",/"-/
greenhouse_gases.jpg


6reenhouse 8ffect








Picture taken from:
http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/greenhouse.effect