Senior Meteorologist

(1) Pass or have passed parts (3) & (4) of the Weatherman badge.

(2) Keep, from his own personal observations a daily record of the weather, for 1 month (as for Weatherman's badge but for all headings).

(3) Explain the purposes and principles of the simple thermometer, wet and dry-bulb thermometer(s), barometer and anemometer.

(4) Know how synoptic weather maps are produced and be able to understand a simplified version of such a map. Such as is printed in a newspaper or shown on television.

(5) Understand the following: relative humidity, dew-point, isobar, millibar, isotherm, Buys-Ballot's law, cold front, warm front, and illustrate any explanation with diagrams.

(6) Construct a wind-vane, and a simple rain-gauge.



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