Please post any questions you came up with during/after DAY 1 of our workshop! https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_category?p_l_id=70797681&mbCategoryId=120157736 2026-04-16T06:49:31Z 2026-04-16T06:49:31Z Jessica Taylor https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=70797681&messageId=124242610 2024-03-11T20:54:47Z 2024-03-11T20:54:28Z

We received several questions during our session about how clouds form.<br /><br />Answer: Clouds are created when water vapor, an invisible gas, turns into liquid water droplets. These water droplets form on tiny particles, like dust, that are floating in the air. The <a href="https://climatekids.nasa.gov/cloud-formation/">NASA Climate Kids website</a> has information on this. The Met Office also has a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q87Ekar3emA">video about cloud formation</a>.

Jessica Taylor 2024-03-11T20:54:28Z Noreen Jafri https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=70797681&messageId=124063955 2024-03-08T15:09:39Z 2024-03-08T15:08:37Z

I appreciate the IR thermometer recommendation, and advice to calibrate with an ice bath. 

Noreen Jafri 2024-03-08T15:08:37Z Rosalba Giarratano https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=70797681&messageId=124021762 2025-10-03T23:52:22Z 2024-03-07T19:32:32Z

<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18MAa2QkDXlXGmPmqRoK9TedGrJffAXPx/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=104726286987468501855&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true">Spring 2024 GLOBE Eclipse Workshop Series Day 1 - Clouds - SLIDES</a>

Rosalba Giarratano 2024-03-07T19:32:32Z Rosalba Giarratano https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=70797681&messageId=124021746 2025-10-03T23:52:22Z 2024-03-07T19:30:30Z

Dear T. Faison, thank you for your question! We encourage you to make as many observations as you can, but just a few per day. The more observations you make, the better you and your students will get at identifying cloud types, estimating cloud cover, and interpreting satellite matches!

Rosalba Giarratano 2024-03-07T19:30:30Z Rosalba Giarratano https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=70797681&messageId=124021730 2025-10-03T23:52:22Z 2024-03-07T19:28:29Z

We received the following question from T. Faison: &#34;How many cloud observations do you recommend we complete in the program<span style="font-size: 14px;">?&#34;</span>

Rosalba Giarratano 2024-03-07T19:28:29Z Eric Witzel https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=70797681&messageId=123871889 2024-03-05T20:13:02Z 2024-03-05T20:12:36Z

<span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">The glass thermometers typically have a 1 -2 degree C range; Depending on what is being measured, I have had more consistent results using the Fluke IR thermometer.</span></span></span>

Eric Witzel 2024-03-05T20:12:36Z Lin Chambers https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=70797681&messageId=123871580 2024-03-05T20:08:18Z 2024-03-05T20:08:18Z

1.  Calibrate (ice bath).<br />2.  Check the specs of the instruments.  That&#39;s only +/- ~1/2 degree.<br />3.  Use it as a lesson for the students:  instruments aren&#39;t perfect.  Even when they give you a digital readout to the nearest 10th.

Lin Chambers 2024-03-05T20:08:18Z Noreen Jafri https://www.globe.gov/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=70797681&messageId=123871334 2024-03-05T19:53:19Z 2024-03-05T19:53:07Z

Hello! Has anyone had an issue with classroom thermometers giving different readings? How would you deal with it (especially to get temperature during eclipse)?

Noreen Jafri 2024-03-05T19:53:07Z