What is the job of weather forecasters Who
What is the job of weather forecasters? Who do they aim their forecasts at?
What words are used to describe weather?
Weather term Means… Units used… Measured using… Air pressure How ‘heavy’ the air is Millibars (mb) Barometer Cloud cover How much of the sky is hidden by clouds Oktas Your eyes; satellite images Precipitation Water falling from the sky in any form (rain, hail. Sleet, snow) Millilitres (mm) Rain gauge Temperature Exactly how hot or cold it is Degrees Celsius (ºC) Thermometer Visibility How far ahead we can see, for example on a foggy day Metres or Kilometres Visibility meter Wind direction Where the wind is blowing from Compass point (N, NW, S, SW etc. ) Weather vane Wind speed How fast the wind is blowing Kilometres or Miles per hour (kph or mph) Anemometer
What do weather forecasts include? • Precise, Informative, Entertaining = PIE • Short sentences with pauses (commas). • Time/ordering connectives - when will it happen? • Geographical terms - where? Regions, directions, names of places. • Weather vocabulary - what? Why? Type of weather, severity of weather, cause of weather. • Organised into local areas.
Thursday’s lesson
What would you rate this weather report out of 10? Why? • Weather Script (Radio 4) Today: A cloudy, rather cold day with rain, heavy at times, quickly spreading from the west during the morning and persisting for the rest of the day. Rain may clear the far west by evening. Maximum temperature 13 deg C (55 deg F). Tonight: After a wet start, rain will clear steadily eastwards followed by much drier weather for the second half of the night. Minimum temperature 7 deg C (45 deg F). Friday: A dry and bright start with some sunny spells in the east at first. Cloud and rain, heavy at times, will soon spread in from the west. Maximum temperature 16 deg C (61 deg F). Outlook for Saturday to Monday: Remaining unsettled with showers or longer periods of rain. Some of the rain may be heavy at times and temperatures will be close to normal.
• Look at the type of language used. • Think about the way it sounds. • What is the purpose of the blank line? • Who is the audience? • What are the audience interested in knowing?
We are going to begin our weather forecasts today by introducing it. What is happening now? Today your weather must be relatively accurate. Tomorrow, you can get creative! What tense do you think we need to use for that?
Welcome to the Weather Report. My name is. . . . This morning the weather is unusually. . . . for this time of year with. . . . in many parts of the country. Precise, Informative, Entertaining = PIE Short sentences with pauses (commas). Time/ordering connectives - when will it happen? Geographical terms - where? Regions, directions, names of places. Weather vocabulary - what? Why? Type of weather, severity of weather, cause of weather. Organised into local areas.
Friday’s lesson
You are going to continue write a script for a weather forecaster to say on TV. But you need to state what is going to happen over the next few days.
You are now going to use the future progressive tense- it is yet to happen. What sort of words will you need to use for the future tense? It will…. .
It will be …….
• Extreme weather ideas: • Heat wave • Storm (You could come up with your own name – Storm Heffernan sounds good!) • Lightning • Tornado ( clouds, strong wind, rain and hail) • Hurricane (strong winds and heavy rain) Blizzard (snow, ice and cold temperatures) • Floods
By this afternoon the. . . . . will have. . . and we can expect to see. . . . . by tonight. The forecast for tomorrow is. . . . which will. . . . . later. By the end of the week the weather will have changed and we can expect. . . . in Scotland Ireland while in Wales and England the weather will be. . . . Precise, Informative, Entertaining = PIE Short sentences with pauses (commas). Time/ordering connectives - when will it happen? Geographical terms - where? Regions, directions, names of places. Weather vocabulary - what? Why? Type of weather, severity of weather, cause of weather. Organised into local areas.
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