It measures wind speed. Definition - A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans. Meteorologists collect and analyze information on air and sea temperature, wind speed and how much rain has fallen. A weather balloon rises 10 miles and records windspeed, humidity and temperature in different layers of the atmosphere. Weather stations record information from a rain-gauge, anemometer and weather vanes every hour.
Meteorologists get information from weather balloons, satellites, and weather stations.
Reading this book will help you understand the why s of weather and how it works. Using simple items, you can keep your own records and do weather experiments every day. Weather Advisory Officers Have students draw a scale map of a 100-mile radius around Cape Canaveral. Using the Internet and television, determine the weather pattern for the Cape by charting the temperature, wind speed, barometric pressure and humidity for a week. Weather Map Provide students with a U.S. map.