Thanks for vis

itin

g w

ith u

s—

we h

ope

you e

njo

yed learn

ing a

bout th

e N

ational

Weath

er Serv

ice a

nd w

hat w

e d

o.

Maybe o

ne d

ay y

ou’ll be a

fore

caste

r ju

st like u

s!

Every

day y

ou h

ave to p

lan w

hat you w

ear, a

ctivitie

s y

ou

do, and w

here

you g

o d

ependin

g o

n the w

eath

er.

Can y

ou fin

d s

om

e o

f th

ose types o

f w

eath

er belo

w?

WE

AT

HE

R

WO

RD

SE

AR

CH

Hi! I’m

Nata

lie a

nd this

is H

unte

r. W

e’re

just like h

undre

ds o

f m

ete

oro

logis

ts

who w

ork

for th

e N

ational W

eath

er

Serv

ice a

ll a

cro

ss the c

ountr

y.

By w

ork

ing w

ith T

V m

ete

oro

logis

ts, fire

and p

olice d

epart

ments

and s

chools

, w

e

can p

repare

every

one for severe

sto

rms

and teach y

ou a

bout all k

inds o

f w

eath

er.

Torn

adoes a

ren’t the o

nly

kin

d o

f dangero

us w

eath

er,

lightn

ing c

an a

lso b

e h

arm

ful if y

ou a

re o

uts

ide.

Com

ple

te this

connect-

the-d

ot and fill in

the b

lank

belo

w to fin

d o

ut one w

ay to h

elp

keep y

ours

elf s

afe

.

Co

nn

ect

-t

he

-D

ot

S

All k

inds o

f w

eath

er affect your life

and

we’re h

ere

to h

elp

you s

tay o

ne s

tep

ahead. C

om

e a

long w

ith u

s a

nd w

e’ll

show

you h

ow

we m

ake o

ur fo

recasts

.

Fore

caste

rs for th

e

National W

eath

er Serv

ice w

ork

24 h

ours

a d

ay, 7 d

ays a

week,

all y

ear lo

ng b

ecause the w

eath

er is

alw

ays c

hangin

g.

We b

roadcast our

fore

casts

and

warn

ings o

n N

OAA

weath

er ra

dio

s lik

e

this

one to k

eep

you info

rmed a

nd

safe

.

3

2

1

When there

is d

angero

us w

eath

er, w

e

use radar im

ages lik

e this

and report

s

from

spott

ers

to d

ecid

e w

hen to issue

warn

ings for to

rnadoes o

r oth

er ty

pes

of severe

weath

er.

COLOR B

Y N

UM

BER

USE T

HESE C

OLORS T

O C

OLOR T

HIS

RADAR I

MAGE:

1 =

GREEN

2 =

YELLOW

3 =

RED

(

LIG

HT R

AIN

)

(

MODERATE R

AIN

)

(V

ERY H

EAVY R

AIN

)

THIS

IS W

HERE A

TORNADO C

OULD B

E.

THIS

IS W

HAT A

WARNIN

G

MIG

HT L

OOK L

IKE A

ND

WHERE T

HE W

ORST P

ART

OF T

HE S

TORM I

S.

We take o

bserv

ations o

f th

e w

eath

er -

inclu

din

g tem

pera

ture

s, pre

cip

itation,

and w

hat th

e c

louds look lik

e in the s

ky.

We rele

ase b

alloons w

ith

weath

er in

str

um

ents

att

ached lik

e this

.

These instr

um

ents

measure

tem

pera

ture

and w

inds h

igh u

p in the

atm

osphere

.

We a

lso p

rovid

e s

pecia

l fo

recasts

for

fore

st ra

ngers

to h

elp

them

pre

vent

fire

s a

nd p

repare

for pla

nned b

urn

s.

Avia

tion fore

casts

we p

rovid

e for

airport

s a

nd p

ilots

help

keep y

ou s

afe

when y

ou fly.

5

C →

Weath

er sate

llites s

how

us the c

louds

and w

ate

r in

the a

ir. T

hey h

elp

us s

ee

the w

eath

er all o

ver th

e e

art

h.

Gauges m

easure

the d

epth

of lo

cal

rivers

and lakes. T

his

help

s u

s to k

now

if a

n a

rea is in d

anger of floodin

g.

AUTOM

ATED G

AUGE

STAFF G

AUGE

Can y

ou c

olo

r in

what you thin

k

the w

eath

er w

ill be lik

e tom

orr

ow

?

We d

on’t just m

ake fore

casts

for

cert

ain

citie

s. Inste

ad, w

e fore

cast

for a w

hole

are

a b

y c

olo

ring in

grids, sort

of like a

colo

ring b

ook.

We m

ake g

rids for th

e n

ext seven

days for how

hot it w

ill be, how

str

ong the w

inds w

ill be, how

many

clo

uds w

ill be in the s

ky, and w

hat

type o

f pre

cip

itation m

ight fa

ll.

85°F

80°F

75°F

70°F

COLOR B

Y N

UM

BER

USE T

HESE C

OLORS T

O C

OLOR T

HIS

TEM

PERATURE F

ORECAST:

85 =

RED

75 =

YELLOW

80 =

ORANGE

70 =

GREEN

Radars

are

used to k

eep a

n e

ye o

n

where

rain

and s

now

are

fallin

g. Radars

can a

lso h

elp

us identify

severe

sto

rms

that could

pro

duce torn

adoes lik

e this

.

All these o

bserv

ations g

o into

com

pute

r m

odels

whic

h h

elp

fore

caste

rs fig

ure

out w

hat th

e w

eath

er w

ill be lik

e for th

e n

ext fe

w d

ays.

All these o

bserv

ations g

o into

com

pute

r m

odels

whic

h h

elp

fore

caste

rs fig

ure

out w

hat th

e w

eath

er w

ill be lik

e for th

e n

ext fe

w d

ays.