1. What is the weather?
Weather is the condition of the air around us over a short period of time (from day to day)

2. The elements of weather
Temperature (the amount of heat)
Precipitation (water – rain, sleet, hail, snow)
Wind speed
Wind direction
Cloud Type
Cloud Cover
Visibility (How far can you see?)

3. Temperature
This is a measure of how hot or cold it is. We can tell this by looking at the clothes that people wear. We use a thermometer to measure temperature

4. Precipitation
Water in the air falls to the ground in one of several forms
Rain
Snow
Sleet
Hail
But also ice and fog
We use a rain guage to measure the amount of rain that falls

5. Wind Speed
This tells us how strong the wind is. We can get a good ideas of this by looking at smoke and trees. The Beaufort scale is used to measure wind strength or we can use an instrument called an anemometer

6. Wind direction
This is the direction from which the wind blows – it is measured by a wind vane

7. Cloud Type
Clouds come in many shapes, sizes and heights.

8. Cloud Cover
This is the amount of the sky covered by cloud. It is measured in eighths
Clear sky
4/8
8/8 (Total cover)

9. Visibility
This is the distance that can be seen. It is measured in metres.

10. What will we use to record the weather?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesda
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Temp
Precip
Wind Speed
Wind direction
Cloud Type
Cloud Cover
General description