Lots of things come to mind when we think of or talk about weather. Add to the spider diagram all the words and terms you can think of associated with weather: Add to each type of weather how it you feel Look out of the window. What is the weather like at the moment? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ What is the weather usually like in January in England? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ WEATHER: The condition of the air such as the temperature, amount of rain and of sunshine CLIMATE: The average weather conditions of a place or region measured over many years Matched up your descriptions with the correct definitions These people all have different jobs and different hobbies. But what they all have in common is that the weather is important in their work and their days off. Write down why you think the weather is important to them?
Wind Cloud Cover Wind Direction Cloud Cover Visibility General Weather This tells us how S_________ the wind is. We can get a good idea of this by looking at smoke and trees. The B________ scale is used to measure wind strength This is the amount of S_________ covered by It is measured in eighths This is a measure of how hot or C________ it is. You can do this by looking at the clothes people are W_______. are used to measure T_________ accurately This is the D________ that can be seen. It is measured in M________ Water in the air F_________ to the ground in one of several forms. Four of these are rain, snow, H________ and S_________ This describes the W________ in words. Words like rain, snow, showers, fog, mist, T________, cloudy, fair or sunny are used. Light or heavy can be added to P_________ C________ come in many shapes, sizes and heights. cumulus, stratus and C________ are the most common types This is the direction from the wind blows. It is measured by a W________ V________ In the past we didn’t have these instruments to help predict the weather. Here are a few proverbs, draw pictures to illustrate what they mean: Red Sky At Shepard’s Delight. Red Sky In The Morning, Shepard’s Warning Clear Moon, Frost Soon A Year Of Snow, A Year Of Plenty
Hurricanes a lot of damage and loss, for example, 90% of deaths are caused by storm surges. A storm surge is a rise of water caused by high winds pushing on the ocean surface. The wind causes water to rise up higher than sea level. List below how many different ways hurricanes effect people and places can you think of? impacts can be categorised into two groups: Effects On Place Effects On People Indicate category each of the impacts you have listed above come under. Read through the questions below and tick the answers which you think are correct: What would you pack in a hurricane survival kit? ◊ Drinking water ◊ Spare batteries ◊ Tinned food How would you hurricane-proof your house? ◊ Tape up the windows ◊ Open the windows ◊ Board up the windows What would you do as the eye of the storm passes over? Which side-effect should you avoid at all cost?
roofs. They carried on falling for 20 minutes. The timing of the storm yesterday was fortunate, as most people where home from work and indoors. “We got no warning,” said John Bow, a resident of the central Rushcutters’s Bay district. “If you were out in the street I am sure you would have been knocked unconscious.” Although no one was killed, much of Sydney was left looking like a war zone. was heading further out to sea. But it suddenly changed direction and turned inland. What shocked Sydney residents was the intensity. Violent weather is not unusual in this part of the world. But nobody had seen damage on this scale before. The storm has proved more expensive than any other natural disaster in Australia. Insurance pay-outs alone are thought to total 1.7 billion Australian Dollars (£1.9 billion) as many aren’t covered against ‘Acts Of God’ Lightening sparked at least 25 electrical fires, traffic lights went down and the emergency services were overrun Being large, they were unusually heavy. They were formed by powerful updrafts which repeatedly lifted them to high altitudes inside the storm clouds. When they finally became so heavy the storm clouds could no longer support them, they plummeted to earth like miniature bombs, reaching speeds of over 200 km/h (124 mph). Using the information you have already read explain whether you think thunderstorms are our friend or foe. You must include: ◊ At three arguments to support your view ◊ At least two arguments against your view ◊ And a summery