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One day during Jose’s summer vacation, he woke up and wanted to go to the pool.
He made his bed, put on his swimsuit, and grabbed his towel from the hall closet. Then he went to the kitchen table and sat down for breakfast.
“Jose,” his mom said, as she served him scrambled eggs and toast. “Why are you wearing your bathing suit?”
“Because today I want to go to the pool,” he said. He started to eat his eggs very fast so that they could leave for the pool right away.
His mother laughed. “Jose, look outside,” she said. “I’m sorry, but we can’t go to the pool today.”
Jose jumped out of his seat and looked outside the window. It was raining really hard, and there was thunder and lightning. People outside were hurrying back and forth with umbrellas over their heads, while the trees blew in the wind.
“Oh no,” Jose said. “Rain! Now we can’t go to the pool.”
He sat back down at the table and quietly finished his breakfast. He was sad. His plans for the pool were not going to happen.
Jose’s mom grabbed her laptop computer and brought it over to the table. She turned it on and gave Jose a hug.
“Don’t worry sweetheart,” she said, “let’s look up the weather for tomorrow, and see if we can go to the pool then.”
Jose’s mom searched on the Internet for the local weather news. Jose watched as the screen displayed a bunch of pictures with sun and rain clouds next to each day of the week.
“What are those?” he asked.
“This is a news website that shows the weather for each day of the week,” she said. “Here is today.”
She pointed to a rain cloud next to the day marked “Tuesday.”
“The rain cloud means that today it is going to rain all day. And here it says the temperature: 85 degrees Fahrenheit.”
“That is hot,” said Jose. “And the pool is good on a hot day.”
“It is hot, but raining, so the pool will not be open today,” said Jose’s mom. “But tomorrow, Wednesday, there is a sun picture. That means the weather forecaster is predicting tomorrow will be sunny. It also says that tomorrow will be 90 degrees, which is even hotter than today.”
“Then we can go to the pool!” said Jose.
“Yes, if it is sunny and hot, we can go to the pool,” said Jose’s mom. “As long as you wear your sunscreen.”
Jose was excited. But he was also a little confused. How did the weather forecaster know about the weather before it happened? Could he predict the future?
“Mom, how does the weather forecaster know what the weather is going to be like tomorrow?” he asked.
“Well,” said Jose’s mom, “scientists use tools in order to predict the weather. They record patterns and can figure out what will most likely happen next. For example, if the scientists see a storm that is moving across other states toward us in New York, they can measure the storm, and how fast it is moving. Then they can tell if it will be rainy in a few days or a few weeks. We can see this weather prediction listed on a website, or on the television.”
“You mean we hear it from those people who read the news on TV,” said Jose.
“Right,” said Jose’s mom. “Some of the news people who read the weather forecast on TV are called meteorologists. A meteorologist is someone who studies, explains, and understands the weather forecast. They go to school to study how to predict and understand the weather. That way people like you and me can see if it will be raining tomorrow or this weekend.”
After lunch the rain got a little lighter, and Jose’s mom let him put on his rain boots and play in the backyard. Then after a shower, Jose and his mom had dinner and watched a movie. The next morning Jose got up, put on his bathing suit, and grabbed his towel. He peeked outside the window and saw that the sun was shining.
“Mom!” he shouted as he ran to the breakfast table. “The scientists were right! It is sunny today. Let’s go to the pool!”
And they did.
Reading from: https://www.readworks.org/article/Summer-Vacation/1e5db097-70cc-4cc9-a316-abdbe763f387#!articleTab:content/
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