Weird Weather!!!

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Weird Weather!!!

• 1) Has it really been known to rain frogs?
• 2)Why do cows lie down before it rains?
• 3) How could there be a year without a summer?
  (1816)
• 4) Roy Dooms Sullivan

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What IS weather, anyway?
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Weather!

• 1) Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere-
  including weather. Meteorologist, then, are
  scientists that study Earths atmosphere and
  weather
• 2) Weather is the condition of the atmosphere. It
  can change from time to time and place to place.
• 3) Climate is the type of weather an area has
  over a long period of time.
• 4) The Atmosphere is the thin layer of gases that
  surrounds our planet

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Conditions of the Atmosphere that interest
Meteorologists the most

• Temperature
• Air Pressure
• Humidity
• Wind
• Clouds
• Precipitation
• Youll learn what ALL of these mean soon

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the atmosphere

• The atmosphere is split up into 4 layers
• Are separated by the variation of temperature
  patterns.

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Handy Dandy Earth Science Reference Tables Page
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How High?
80miles
50miles
25miles
15miles
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And in Kms?
140km
115km
80km
50km
30km
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Gets warmer- atoms moving faster
Gets colder as you get higher
Avg. temp at ground is 15C
Gets warmer as you get higher
Temps get colder as you get higher
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Troposphere

• We live in the troposphere.
• All weather and water vapor are in this layer.
• Gets colder as you go up.
• 0-18 km

The Troublesphere
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Stratosphere

• Temperatures get warmer as you go up.
• Home of the Ozone layer.

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Composition of the Atmosphere
All other gasses CO2, Ar, Methane etc