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Measuring other weather elements - Coggle Diagram
Measuring other weather elements
Weather elements
Rainfall and precipitation
Amount of sunshine
Wind speed
Wind direction
Cloud type and cover
Nimbostratus
Cumulus
Cumulonibus
Stratus
Stratocumulus
Altostratus
Altocumulus
Cirrostratus
Cirrocumulus
Cirrus
Weather instruments
RAIN GAUGE: Precipitation (rain, hail,sleet and snow) falls inside the metal cylinder, down through a metal funnel into a collecting bottle. At regular intervals the contents are tipped into a standard measuring cylinder and recorded. Snow or hail must be melted first.
Daily rainfall in mm
CUP ANOMETER: The wind forces the cup to rotate. They are connceted to a meter. The meter converts the rotations into wind speed
Wind speed in kilometers per hour (km/h)
WIND VANE: This shows the wind direction. If the wind is from the west it is called "westerly wind" and the arrow points towards the west
The direction wind is blowing from (points of compass)
SUNSHINE RECORDER: The sunshine recorder records the amount of sunshine during a 24-hour period. The sun's rays pass through a glass sphere and burn a piece of heat-sensitive black card. This has hours and minutes of the day on it so as the sun appears to move round, it burns a line which indicates when and for how long there was sunshine
Amount of sunshine (hours and minutes)
A Weather station circle
Temperature in degrees centigrade
Present weather symbol
Wind speed (Knots)
Direction wind is coming from
Past weather symbol
Cloud cover (oktas)
Pressure (in millibars)