The Challenge of Weather Forecasting
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Objective
I can describe how difficult it is to forecast weather.
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Warm-up video
MinuteEarth · 3:56Vetted channel
We don't generate video — this one is by MinuteEarth on YouTube. The practice questions and exit ticket below were drafted by AI for this objective, and every question is editable in the teacher guide.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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About 40% of rain comes from large air masses called fronts, which are relatively easy for meteorologists to track and predict.
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The majority of rain comes from convection, which is triggered by heat from the ground warming up a small mass of air.
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Convective rain is hard to predict because it depends on many variables, such as how warm the ground is, how much water vapor the air holds, and how long the air stays over the warm ground.
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Practice
11 questions
According to the video, what is one reason why it is difficult to accurately forecast rain?
What percentage of rain, according to the video, is attributed to long-lasting, gray-skies-all-day type rain?
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Exit ticket
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“Describe two reasons why it is difficult for meteorologists to accurately forecast rain.”
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