Requirement
#8: Do
ONE
of the following:
a: Make
one of the following instruments: wind vane, anemometer, rain gauge, hygrometer.
Keep a daily weather log for 1 week using information from this instrument
as well as from other sources such as local radio and television stations
or NOAA Weather Radio. The following information should be recorded at
the same time every day: wind direction and speed, temperature, precipitation,
and types of clouds. Be sure to make a note of any morning dew or frost.
In the log, also list the weather forecasts from radio or television at
the same time each day and show how the weather really turned out.
b: Visit
a National Weather Service office or talk with a local radio or television
weather caster, private meteorologist, local agricultural Extension service
office, or university meteorology instructor. Find out what type of weather
is most dangerous or damaging to your community. Determine how severe weather
and flood warnings reach the homes in your community. |
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