Gusts peak at over fifty miles an hour. The relative humidity increases sharply as the air temperature drops. Heavy rain begins. The downpour lasts an hour, during which almost two inches of rain falls. The wind direction shifts from southwest to northwest as the front passes.
Front passage is confirmed as the barometric pressure begins a rapid rise.
As cold air scours out the warm, the temperature drops over ten degrees. And every aspect of the entire episode was displayed on the computer monitor in real time as it occurred. Weather as a Learning Tool Weather affects everyone. But instead of simply being a source of rained-out picnics, the weather can be a source of important discoveries about the microclimate and a deeper understanding of the surrounding world. Studying the weather is an effective learning tool for a variety of educational disciplines such as earth science, mathematics, chemistry and geography.