Where does the NWS get its information?
NOAA collects weather observations from:
Hundreds of weather
stations across the US
The upper air with balloons
carrying radiosondes
Weather radar
Ocean data buoys
Satellites, both geostationary
and polar-orbiting
For more information go to:
More
Weather Instruments (http://www.usatoday.com/weather/basics/measurements.htm)
Activity about weather symbols
https://www.angelfire.com/nj/PflommScience/coldfrontwarmfront.html
https://www.angelfire.com/nj/PflommScience/airmassesandfronts.html
