WEATHER PRESENTER KARA PIARULLI TEACHER MS SIMMONS INTRODUCTION

WEATHER PRESENTER: KARA PIARULLI TEACHER: MS. SIMMONS

INTRODUCTION • I studied weather in college for four years! • I went back to school for a year to study climate • My goal is to teach young students about the weather/climate throughout the country and to also spend some time forecasting

ENGAGE • How many of you have ever seen a tornado? Do you think thunderstorms are cool? What about hurricanes? How many of you are afraid of either?

FUN FACTS • Only 10 -20 percent of the strongest thunderstorms become tornadoes • Most common month is May. • Most common time for a tornado to hit is between 3 -9 pm at night. • Hurricanes can be hundreds of miles wide! • Some meteorologists fly into hurricanes(Hurricane Hunters)

TRUE/FALSE • Hurricanes can produce tornadoes. • Hurricanes can form over land. • Two or more tornadoes can occur at the same place at one time. • A tornado can sometimes stay on the ground for an hour.

TOOLS Measure • Anemometer-wind • Thermometer-temperature • Rain gauge • Weather balloons • Satellite-clouds • Radar-rain

HURRICANES

TORNADOES • Tornado watch – tornadoes may form • Tornado warning – take cover! • • • Sirens! Trained spotters Where do you go to be safe?

HISTORY AND NAMING OF HURRICANES • The National Hurricane Center(NHS) in 1953. Miami, Florida. • Originally only boy names were used! Then only girls names. • 1979 - both • Now, there are six lists of names, new list every year. • 2018’s list for Atlantic will be used again in 2024

WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE LIKE TOMORROW? WHAT ABOUT NEXT WEEK? • How do meteorologists predict what the weather will be? • • • Maps(low and high pressure) Models(how and where large weather systems will go) Clouds, wind direction, elevation, humidity, etc !

WEATHER CLASSES I TOOK IN COLLEGE • Math • Satellite, radar, climate, cloud physics, class on thunderstorms(mesoscale, small storms)

WHY I LOVE THE WEATHER AND CHALLENGES IN BEING A METEOROLOGIST

JOBS • The National Weather Service(NWS) • Forecasters(airlines, shipping companies) • Professor • Radio stations • Broadcasting- The Weather Channel, Accuweather, local news channel • Need to get more experience

QUESTIONS?