Weather Measuring Tools With Names

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

Weather measuring tools with names. Explain to students that there are many more tools scientists use to measure weather. For measuring the temperature under 35 degree celsius alcohol filled thermometers are used. The rain gauge is part of every weather station. Weather maps indicate atmospheric conditions above a large portion of the earth s surface.

Display the photo gallery instruments that measure weather. Thermometers one of the most widely recognized weather instruments are tools used to measure ambient air temperature. A rain gauge known as a pluviometer is used to measure the amount of precipitation that occurs over a period of time. Discuss the photo gallery of instruments that measure weather.

The thermometers use different physical parameters like the expansion of different states of matter for measuring the temperature. The si international unit of temperature is degrees celsius but in the u s. Meteorologists use weather maps to forecast the weather. We record temperatures in degrees fahrenheit.

Modern rain gauges used in digital weather stations are most commonly of the tipping bucket or sometimes called tipping spoon design. A weather balloon measures weather conditions higher up in the atmosphere. A compass is a navigational instrument for finding. Cover the names of the instruments.

It is used in meteorology as an additional tool of the weather forecast and the climatology for the purpose of long term statistics of precipitation. This type of thermometers can measure from 65 75 degree celsius to 20 25 degree celsius.