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Wemeasure... |Ittellsus... ‘The measurement is given... |We measure using... temperature | how hot or cold a place is in degrees Celsius (°C) a thermometer On a hot day in the UK it could be 30°C. On a winter's day, OC or less. precipitation —[howmuchwaterhasfallen from in millimetres orcentimetres [a rain gauge the sky (as rain, snowy sleet, hall.) We collectit ina container, and {va container with measure the depth of the liquid. a scale marked onit, air pressure | the force pressing down an us in milbars (mb) @ barometer because of the weight of the air if air pressures rising, it means air is | Its usually in the range 970mb to sinking, and vice versa, That tells us] 1040 mb. what kind of weather to expect. windspeed | how fast the windisblowing in miles per hour (mph) or ananemometer kilometres per hour (kph) Ina storm, winds in the UKcan | ithasa setof little cups. reach 100 mph and more, which the wind turns; a dial shows the speed. wind direction | the direction the wind is using compass directions a wind vane, as shown blowing from A south west wind blows from the south west. here, or a wind sock ‘Awind sockis a fabric tube that the wind blows through. It changes direction with the wind.

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