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Overview of Weather Instruments

A thermometer measures air temperature by using a liquid in a glass tube that expands with heat and moves up the tube, showing the temperature on a scale. A barometer measures air pressure and can indicate whether conditions will be sunny and dry with a rising pressure or stormy and wet with a falling pressure. A sling psychrometer uses two thermometers to measure relative humidity by evaporating water from one thermometer to cool it compared to the other thermometer.

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Overview of Weather Instruments

A thermometer measures air temperature by using a liquid in a glass tube that expands with heat and moves up the tube, showing the temperature on a scale. A barometer measures air pressure and can indicate whether conditions will be sunny and dry with a rising pressure or stormy and wet with a falling pressure. A sling psychrometer uses two thermometers to measure relative humidity by evaporating water from one thermometer to cool it compared to the other thermometer.

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  • Weather Instruments: Describes various instruments used to measure and observe weather conditions, focusing on temperature, pressure, humidity, wind direction, and speed.

WEATHER INSTRUMENTS

A THERMOMETER measures the air temperature. Most thermometers are closed glass tubes
containing liquids such as alcohol or mercury. When air around the tube heats the liquid, the
liquid expands and moves up the tube. A scale then shows what the actual temperature is.

A BAROMETER measures air pressure. It tells you whether or not the pressure is rising or
falling. A rising barometer means sunny and dry conditions, while a falling barometer means
stormy and wet conditions. An Italian scientist named Torricelli built the first barometer in 1643.

A SLING PSYCHROMETER measures relative humidity, using the cooling effect of


evaporation. Two thermometers are used in a sling psychrometer. Wet the cloth of one of the
thermometers and swing the psychrometer around a few times. Water evaporates from the cloth,
causing the temperatures on that thermometer to be lower than the other.
A WIND VANE is an instrument that determines the direction from which the wind is blowing.

An ANEMOMETER measures wind speed. The cups catch the wind, turning a dial attached to
the instrument. The dial shows the wind speed.

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