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Essential Weather Instruments Explained

The document describes various weather instruments and their functions, including thermometers for measuring temperature, barometers for air pressure, and anemometers for wind speed. It also mentions devices like rain gauges, wind vanes, and hygrometers, which help in understanding humidity and precipitation. Additionally, weather maps and weather balloons are highlighted as tools used by meteorologists to forecast atmospheric conditions.

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Essential Weather Instruments Explained

The document describes various weather instruments and their functions, including thermometers for measuring temperature, barometers for air pressure, and anemometers for wind speed. It also mentions devices like rain gauges, wind vanes, and hygrometers, which help in understanding humidity and precipitation. Additionally, weather maps and weather balloons are highlighted as tools used by meteorologists to forecast atmospheric conditions.

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Weather Instruments

A THERMOMETER measures the air temperature. Most thermometers are closed glass
tubes containing liquids such as alcohol or mercury. When air around the tube heats the
liquid, the liquid expands and moves up the tube. A scale then shows what the actual
temperature is.

A BAROMETER measures air pressure. It tells you whether or not the pressure is rising
or falling. A rising barometer means sunny and dry conditions, while a falling barometer
means stormy and wet conditions. An Italian scientist named Torricelli built the first
barometer in 1643.

A SLING PSYCHROMETER measures relative humidity, using the cooling effect of


evaporation. Two thermometers are used in a sling psychrometer. Wet the cloth of one of
the thermometers and swing the psychrometer around a few times. Water evaporates
from the cloth, causing the temperatures on that thermometer to be lower than the other.

A RAIN GAUGE measures the amount of rain that has fallen over a specific time period.
A WIND VANE is an instrument that determines the direction from which the wind is
blowing.

An ANEMOMETER measures wind speed. The cups catch the wind, turning a dial
attached to the instrument. The dial shows the wind speed.

A WIND SOCK is a conical textile tube, which resembles a giant sock, designed to
indicate wind direction and relative wind speed.
WEATHER MAPS indicate atmospheric conditions above a large portion of the Earth’s
surface. Meteorologists use weather maps to forecast the weather.

A HYGROMETER measures the water vapor content of air or the humidity.


A WEATHER BALLOON measures weather conditions higher up in the atmosphere.

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