Weather Forecast

Ping Dai
GPTE UW
10.06.2021
Watch the video and discuss:

• What does a TV weather reporter do?

• Where does weather information come from?
• How is a news story about the weather
different from a weather forecast?
• Is reporting the weather a science?
• What types of weather cause weather alerts to
be issued?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWWx3reC9qA
What does a TV weather reporter do?

• Broadcast weather conditions, forecasts, or

severe weather warnings to the public via
television, radio, or the Internet or provide this
information to the news media.
• Formulate predictions by interpreting
environmental data, such as meteorological,
atmospheric, oceanic, paleoclimate, climate, or
related information.
Where does weather information come from?

• According to the WMO, weather information is

collected from 15 satellites, 100 stationary buoys,
600 drifting buoys, 3,000 aircraft, 7,300 ships,
and some 10,000 land-based stations. The
official weather stations used by the
National Weather Service is called the Automated
Surface Observing System (ASOS).
How is a news story about the weather different
from a weather forecast?
Is reporting the weather a science?

• Weather forecasting is the application

of science and technology to predict the
conditions of the atmosphere for a given location
and time
What types of weather cause weather alerts to
be issued?

• Emergency Heavy Rain Warning

• Emergency Heavy Snow Warning
• Emergency Storm Warning
• Emergency Snowstorm Warning
• Heavy Rain Warning
• Flood Warning
• Storm Warning
• Snowstorm Warning
…
Watch the video then discuss:

• What components of weather are included in

weather forecast?
• What is map of weather?
• What weather symbols can we identify?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdBrMrwiaWI&t=5s
What components of weather are included in
weather forecast?
• temperature
• atmospheric pressure
• wind
• humidity
• precipitation
• cloudiness
What weather symbols can we identify?
Complete the weather symbol worksheet
The weather symbol worksheet answers
Group work:

• Work in groups 3-4 and prepare weather

report.
 Sample
• Welcome to the weather forecast. Now, let’s see what the weather
is like today.
• In the north of the country, it’s very windy and cold. There is a
chance of some rain too, so don’t leave home without your
umbrella! The temperature is around 10º centigrade.
• In the east it’s rainy all day today, I’m afraid. There may be a
thunderstorm in the afternoon. The temperature is a bit higher, at
around 13º.
• In the west and middle of the country, the weather is dry but cloudy.
So no rain for you, but it is quite windy and
the temperature is just 10º.
• The south of the country has the best weather today. It’s cloudy
most of the time but sunny this afternoon. The temperature is
around 15º.
Thank you!