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WeatherSTEM
Lesson
12 of 19
1: Title
2: Objectives & Standards
3: Essential Question
4: Sensor Sponsor
5: Surface Observations
6: Upper-Air and Weather
7: Measuring Air
8: What Do You Think?
9: How is Data Collected From the Upper Air?
10: Launching A Weather Balloon
11: Upper-Air Stations
12: What Do You Think?
13: Weather Balloon Facts
14: Weather Balloon Data
15: Skew-T Diagram
16: Weather Balloon Interactive
17: Can You Forecast the Weather?
18: Key Points: Upper-Air Observations
19: Evaluate Your Learning!
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What Do You Think?
Why are weather balloons released at 0z/12z each day?
A) To allow for coordination across the globe.
B) Wind is usually less strong at these times.
C) So that they will both be during the daytime when the sun is highest in the sky in each hemisphere.
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