The Weather

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The Weather

• Third Fourth Class

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What is weather?

• Weather is made up of different things.
• Here are some of them
• Wind direction. Sunshine.
• Wind force. Clouds.
• Precipitation. Visibility.
• Temperature.

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Wind Direction
North
East
West
South
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Wind Direction
Name a country to the North.
Name a country to the South.
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Wind Direction

• North wind comes from the North.
• South wind comes from the South.
• East wind comes from the East.
• West wind comes from the West.

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Wind Vanes

• The arrow on a wind vane shows the
• direction that the wind has come from.

This wind is blowing from the North
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Wind Force

• Sir Francis Beaufort
• made a list of all
• the different
• strengths of winds.
• This is called the
• Beaufort Wind Scale.

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Wind Force

• Wind can be
• Calm
• Gentle
• Moderate
• Strong
• Gale

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Measuring Wind Force

• We use an anemometer to measure
• wind force.

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Precipitation

• Precipitation water that falls from the
• sky.

SNOW
RAIN
HAIL
SLEET
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Precipitation

• We use a rain gauge to see how much
• rain falls.

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Temperature

• The temperature tells us how hot or cold it is.
  
• In Ireland we measure temperature in degrees
  Celsius.
• Short for Celsius is C

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Temperature

• Temperatures less than 0 are cold.
• Temperatures more than 0 are getting warmer.
• The highest temperature ever recorded in Ireland
  was 33 C

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Temperature

• Temperatures less than 0 are cold.
• Temperatures more than 0 are getting warmer.
• The highest temperature ever recorded in Ireland
  was 33 C

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Visibility

• Visibility is about what we can see.

CLEAR
MISTY
FOGGY
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Visibility

• Fog is a cloud that forms close to the ground.

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Sunshine

• The sun rises in the morning. The sunshine is
  weaker.
• The sun is at its highest point in the sky at
  midday. The sunshine is stronger.
• The sun sets in the evening. The sunshine is
  weaker.

MIDDAY
EVENING
MORNING
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Clouds

• There are many different types of clouds.
• Cirrus Cumulus
• Stratus Cumulonimbus

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Clouds

• Cirrus clouds are thin, whispy clouds.
• They allow sunlight through.

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Clouds

• Stratus clouds are like sheets of cloud.
• They do not allow sunlight through.
• They cause dull days.

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Clouds

• Cumulus clouds are like pieces of
• cauliflower.

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Clouds

• Cumulonimbus clouds are large grey
• storm clouds.

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Sayings about Weather

• Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in
  the morning, sailors warning.
• Rain before seven, fine by eleven.
• A sun shiny shower, wont last half an hour.
• Clear moon, frost soon.
• When bees stay close to the hive, rain is close
  by.

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Sayings about Weather

• Have you got any more sayings about weather? Ask
  at home?