In This Lesson You Will...

Learn how anemometers and wind vanes function and collect data.
Define wind and how it forms.
Compare the different variables of wind and how they pertain to weather.
Interpret wind direction on a station model.
Define relationships between wind direction and temperature trends.

SC.5.E.7.3: Recognize how air temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation determine the weather in a particular place and time.
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SC.912.E.7.5: Predict future weather conditions based on present observations and conceptual models and recognize limitations and uncertainties of such predictions.
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