Transcript Meteorology - Washingtonville Central School District

Weird Weather!!!
1) Has it really been known to rain
“frogs”?
2)Why do cows lie down before it rains?
3) How could there be a year without a
summer? (1816)
4) Roy “Dooms” Sullivan
What IS weather, anyway?
Weather!
1) Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere- including
weather. Meteorologist, then, are scientists that study
Earth’s atmosphere and weather
2) Weather is the condition of the atmosphere. It can
change from time to time and place to place.
3) Climate is the type of weather an area has over a long
period of time.
4) The Atmosphere is the thin layer of gases that
surrounds our planet
Conditions of the Atmosphere that
interest Meteorologists the most:
Temperature
Air Pressure
Humidity
Wind
Clouds
Precipitation
You’ll learn what ALL of these mean soon…
the atmosphere:
The atmosphere is split up
into 4 layers
Are separated by the
variation of temperature
patterns.
Handy Dandy Earth Science Reference
Tables: Page 14
How High?
80miles
50miles
25miles
15miles
And in Km’s?
140km
115km
80km
50km
30km
Gets warmer- atoms
moving faster
Gets colder as you get higher
Gets warmer as you
get higher
Avg. temp at
ground is 15°C
Temps get colder as you get higher
Troposphere
We live in the troposphere.
All weather and water vapor are
in this layer.
Gets colder as you go up.
0-18 km
“The Troublesphere”
Stratosphere
Temperatures get warmer as
you go up.
Home of the Ozone layer.
Composition of the
Atmosphere:
All other gasses: CO2,
Ar, Methane etc