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Introduction
1 What Is Weather?
2 World Weather
3 ALL About Clouds
4 Here Comes the Rain
5 Cold Weather
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7 Windy Weather
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Wind, rain, cloud, and snow are all types of weather.
Weather is different in different places around the
world. In some places the weather is the same
every day, and in other places it changes every hour.
Weather can be calm or wild!
What are these types of weather caLLed?
Do you know what pLaces have these types of weather?
What types of weather are there where you live?
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Now read and discover more
about different types of weather!
Around Earth, there is a blanket of air called the
atmosphere. Weather is the different conditions in
the atmosphere. What types of weather do you like?
How Does Weather Happen?
Most of the weather on Earth happens because of
two things - the sun, and air pressure. The sun heats
some parts of Earth more than others, so air is
warmer in some places and cooler in others. Areas of
warm or cold air, called air masses, move around and
bring different types of weather. When two masses
meet, the weather changes.
You can't feel it, but the air is pushing down on you.
This is called air pressure. Air pressure can change.
Low air pressure brings rain and wind. High air
pressure brings clear skies, which means hot, sunny
days in summer, but cold days in winter.
Air Masses Meeting
Knowing About the Weather
We need to know about the weather so that we can
build the right type of homes, wear the right clothes,
and travel at the right time. If people on ships and
planes know about the weather, they can avoid bad
storms. If farmers know about the weather, they
can plant and cut down crops at the right time.
In 1992, weather forecasters warned people in the
USA that Hurricane Andrew was coming. Sadly,
54 people died, but lots of people survived.
( warm air mass)
( cold air mass)
In the past, the Chippewa Indians
in North America thought that the sun
was in a bag aLL winter. They believed
that every spring, a mouse bit a hole
in the bag and the sun came out!
Many years ago, scientists flew in hot-air balloons to
measure the weather. Today, they collect information
from weather stations, weather planes, weather
balloons, and satellites, to understand what the
weather will do. Millions of measurements are taken
every day. The information helps scientists to predict
the weather.
icting the W
her
A good way to predict the weather is to look at
the types of cloud in the sky. Today, scientists use
computers to predict the weather, but in the past,
people watched nature. They watched what
happened to plants, animals, the moon, or the
stars. Many people still do this.
Some people think that cows or sheep can predict
the weather. They think that if animals sit down, it
will rain. People also believe that a red sky at night
means good weather the next day, but a red sky in
the morning means bad weather .
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weather stations around the worLd.
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Go to pages 36-37 for activities.

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