Meteorology

Meteorology:
It is the science of studying and predicting the weather

Meteorologist:
The scientist who uses a variety of tools and instruments to study and forecast weather

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• Meteorologists can predict the weather using thefollowingsteps:
• 1- collecting date
• 2- Analyzing the data
• 3- putting it all together

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• 1- Collecting date
• A- Thermometer:
• It is used to measure the temperature.
• B- Barometer:
• It is used to measure the atmospheric pressure

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• 2- Analyzing data
• Meteorologists use weather maps to collect data from different places and over short periods of time

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• Atmospheric pressure:
• It is the amount of force that air exerts on its surroundings or the weight of the air above a certain area
• Humidity:
• The measure of how much water vapor is present in the air

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• 3- Putting it all together:
• Collecting and analyzing data about the atmosphere is just one of predicting the weather