Weather Tools
On this page you will find out about the different kind of weather tools and how they work. Below is the imfo.Which tool is that (without looking it up)?
Barometer
A BAROMETER measures air pressure. It tells you whether the pressure is rising or falling or not. A rising barometer means sunny or dry conditions, If the barometer falls it means stormy and wet conditions. .
A sling Psychrometer
A SLING PSYCHROMETER measures relative humidity. Two thermometers are used in a sling psychrometer. A wet cloth is placed on one of the thermometers and then you swing the psychrometer around a little. When water evaporates from the cloth, it causes the temperatures on that thermometer to be lower the the other.
Thermometer
A THERMOMETER measures the air temperature. Thermometers are mainly closed glass tubes that contain a liquid like alcohol or mercury. When air heats the liquid, the liquid expands and moves up the tube. A scale then shows what the temperature is.
A rain guage
THE RAIN GAUGE measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen over time.
Wind vane
A WIND VANE is an weather tool that shows the direction from where the wind is blowing.
