1. Max Oxman

2. Why is weather forecasting important?  Planning activities  Planting and harvesting crops  Protect livestock  Scheduling flights

3.  Saves lives  Saves property  One third of the money that people spend in the US is at least partially dependent on weather. This equals three trillion dollars.

4. How do you predict the weather?  Clouds  Wind  Air Pressure  Temperature  Static  Feel it in your bones

5. Ways of Forecasting  Persistence method  Trends method

6. Advanced Weather Prediction  Technology  Science  Math

7. Meteorologist  Their goal is to explain, understand, observe and forecast the Earth's atmospheric phenomena  A scientist who studies weather  Work Quickly

8. Tools  Satellites  Radars  Weather stations  Sensors  Observers

9. How do you get a forecast?  Internet  Radio  TV  Almanac

10. NOAA  A governmental scientific agency  Specializes in weather prediction  Warns of dangerous weather  Climate Research

11. Weather Balloons  Filled with helium or hydrogen, they are launched twice a day from around the world.  They record temperature, pressure, humidity and wind speed at different heights in the atmosphere.

12. Satellites  Satellites allow meteorologists to see what the earth and clouds look like from space.  This way, forecasters can see how the atmosphere is behaving.

13. Global Circulation  Basic air movement patterns  Lots of variation within these large zones

14. RADAR  RAdio Detection And Ranging  Doppler detects what type of precipitation is inside a cloud  Tracks movement (rotation inside, look out for tornadoes)  Predicts destination of cloud

15. Supercomputers  Puts collected data onto maps  Calculates forecasts  More powerful = More accurate

16. Weather Symbols

17. Day Symbol Picture High Low

18. Works Cited  Ways of Forecasting: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fcst/mth/prst.rxmlhttp://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fcst/mth/prst.rxml  Supercomputers: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0829_050829_supercomputer_2.ht ml http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0829_050829_supercomputer_2.ht ml  Weather Symbols & Weather Balloons :http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/forecast/activity.htmlhttp://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/forecast/activity.html  Global Circulation & Meteriorologist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_Global_Circulation.jpg#filelinks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_Global_Circulation.jpg#filelinks  Weather Balloons: http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/forecast/forecasting.htmlhttp://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/forecast/forecasting.html  NOAA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noaahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noaa  Radar: http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/doppler/how.htmhttp://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/doppler/how.htm