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Watch this video on Abc's Splash website about a day in the life of a meteorologist, and answer some of the questions in a comment on this post.
Before viewing
What does a meteorologist do?
What information do we get from a meteorologist? How is this information communicated to the public, and why is it important to us?
As you view
Weather man Mark Wilgar explains the priority in the first hour-and-a-half of his day. What is this priority and what else happens during this time?
Mark describes his responsibilities as having two parts (components). In the surface component, what types of data are collected? To gather data from the upper atmosphere, what equipment is used? Who uses this information?
After viewing
Weather information is valuable to many members of the community. Who relies on weather forecasts and what types of decisions depend on knowledge about the weather?
Find out more about weather scientists and other weather-related careers. Would you like to work in this field?
Next steps
Explore the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) website. Observe the radar images of your region within Australia and then identify the current weather observations there.
Notice that there are also weather warnings on the BOM website. What kinds of severe natural events can you find out about?
I really enjoyed the video!
ReplyDeleteGreat video! It was very informative and taught us about the life of a meteorologist.
ReplyDeleteThis video is very interesting. It is cool to see what the meteorologist do and the equipment they use. Mark has to wake up 5:00 and send up a balloon at 9:00. He said it is a very busy life as a meteorologist! Mark also said he love the job as a meteorologist because it is very interesting. He has been working as a meteorologist for a decade now.
ReplyDeleteThis video was very educational and I really enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI learnt lots about meteorologists.
Our community relies on the meteorologists because weather is involved in everyones lives. so we need to study it to help the community.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the video too!
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