Air Pressure and Temperature in the Atmosphere
Pick an air pressure or temperature topic below to start a tutorial. You may complete the lessons in order or pick a weather event that interests you most.
User submitted answers - How do you keep cool in the summer?
There are 6 types of weather in a high pressure system. High pressure zones, or anticyclones, on a weather map usually indicate calm and dry weather and winds that spiral away from the high pressure zone.
You know it is hot, but is it a dry heat? Are you in danger of heat stroke? Use an online calculator to calculate Heat Index. Advanced heat index equations are available, or plug some numbers in for the temperature and humidity and you will know if you need to go inside on that hot summer day!
Do you spend time outside in the summer heat? Then you need to know why you sweat! Evaporative cooling is the process by which air moves across an item and cools by evaporation. Find out the relationship between relative humidity and decreases in evaporative cooling processes.
Each continent has a set of temperature extremes measured daily. Find a list of the highest temperatures ever recorded!
Are you ready for a killer summer? Read this brochure so you don't end up with a heat related illness.
