Meteorologist of the week

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by Mason Quirk6 views·Updated May 13, 2024
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  1. Hello, this is Mason Quirk with Denver seven news station.
  2. This
  3. today, I'll be talking about how me, I'll just gather data about the weather.
  4. This is done by examining large quantities of obs
  5. observation data, including surface observations,
  6. satellite imagery, radar data,
  7. radio sound data, upper air data, wind profiles, aircraft observation,
  8. river
  9. gauges
  10. and simply looking outside
  11. barometers are important
  12. um for meteorologists to measure
  13. atmosphere pressure.
  14. Meteorologists use barometers to predict short term changes in the weather.
  15. Also, meteorologists can use hydrometer by rapidly rotating both
  16. thermometers
  17. or by blowing air over the bulbs. The temperature
  18. of the wet bulb thermometer
  19. is
  20. cooler than,
  21. than that of the dry bulb thermometer.
  22. How do meteorologists gather da data about the weather
  23. together data
  24. and computers produce complex models that are accurately that
  25. more accurately represent
  26. the conditions of the atmosphere.
  27. Meteorologists use weather data
  28. to predict if there are natural disasters or bad storms coming.
  29. Weather forecasts are better
  30. than they were
  31. but than they ever have been
  32. according to the world Meteorologist organization.
  33. The WMO for sure,
  34. a five day weather forecast today
  35. is as reliable as a two day forecast. 20 years ago.
  36. Meteorologists used to use data to predict
  37. the climate they,
  38. that
  39. the climate of the area that they were in.
  40. Thank you for watching
  41. this time, folks, I'll catch you next time.