Have you ever watched the weather forecast on television? If you have, you will be familiar with some of the images presented below. Each image shows a different type of weather . Every minute of every day Met Éireann (Ireland’s leading provider of weather information) records and observes numerous weather types throughout the country to create weather forecasts like you see below.
1. Forecasting different types of weather
What Is Weather?
Weather is the state of the atmosphere (the gases surrounding the earth) at any given time. Weather can be hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.
The atmosphere is made up of different layers of gases which surround the earth. In this chapter, we will learn how the atmosphere can affect the many types of weather.
2. Layers of the earth’s atmosphere
With the person sitting next to you, examine the weather maps. Write down the type of weather conditions you believe each map is showing. After completing the chapter, check back to see how many you got correct.