Meteorology Course....Mr. Nap

Mr. Nap's

METEOROLOGY COURSE

	Surface	Satellite	Upper Air	Forecasts

Friday May 21, 2010

1) Print and complete Activity 4a Part 1

2) Complete Activity 4a part 2

3) Have a great weekend!

Friday April 23, 2010

1) Print Activity 3b part 1 and complete

2) Print Activity 3b part 2 and complete

3) Have a great weekend!

Friday April 16, 2010

1) Print Activity 3a part 1 and complete

2) Print Activity 3a part 2 and complete.

3) Staple BOTH parts together.

Friday March 12, 2010

1) There is a huge storm approaching this weekend. Look at the current Northeast radar image. Find the symbol "HPN." That's the code for Westchester County Airport in Purchase, NY.

Is there green (rain) over HPN? Sometimes the radar will show green even though it is not raining outside. Why do you think this happens?

2) The reason radar will show rain or snow sometimes when it is not raining or snowing is because the precipitation is falling from the clouds, but is evaporating before it reaches the ground. It will not begin to rain until the air is saturated from cloud to ground. Why does the radar sometimes show precipitation when it is not precipitating?

3) Now look at the radar for the upper 48 states. Notice the rotation! Where does it appear the center of the storm is currently?

4) Complete activity 2A

5) Have a great weekend!

Friday March 5, 2010 -- Please type your answers in Word.

1) Click on the daily summary for Monday (below). Write a summary of the major winter storm that hit us last week.

2) Look at the winter climate sumary for our area. Answer the following questions:
a) What date range does this climate summary cover?
b) What was the highest and lowest temperature in the time period? On which dates?
c) What was the total snowfall (in inches) during this time period?
d) What and when was the record snowfall in the time period?
e) What was the total number of day in the period in which light snow, heavy snow, or snow was reported (add all three together?

3) Research the education and training needed to become a meteorologist. You will need to write down your answers to the following questions:
a) What is the definition of a meteorologist?
b) What training do you need?
c) What information do you feel should be included in a weather report (forecast)?

Thursday March 4, 2010

1) Complete the second half of Activity 1B

2) Have fun!!!

Daily Summary

Supplemental Information

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Surface

Isobars, Fronts, Radar, & Data	Isobars & Pressures	Pressures
Isotherms, Fronts, & Data	Isotherms & Temperatures	Temperatures
Radar, Fronts, & Data	Radar & Fronts	Radar
U.S. - Data	Alaska - Data	Hawaii - Data
00Z - Isobars, Fronts, Radar, & Data	12Z - Isobars, Fronts, Radar, & Data	NY Looping Radar
24 Hour Minimum Temperature	24 Hour Maximum Temperature	24 Hour Precipitation
Meteograms for Selected Cities	State Surface Data - Text	Available Surface Stations

Satellite

Infrared - Latest	Infrared - 00Z	Infrared - 12Z
Visible - Latest	Visible - 18Z
Water Vapor - Latest

Upper Air

850 mb - Contours, Isotherms, & Data	700 mb - Contours, Isotherms, & Data
500 mb - Contours, Isotherms, & Data	500 mb - Data
300 mb - Contours, Isotachs (wind speed) & Data	300 mb - Data
00Z - 500 mb - Contours, Isotherms, & Data	12Z - 500 mb - Contours, Isotherms, & Data
Stuves for Selected Cities	Upper Air Data - Text
Available Upper Air Stations

Forecasts

12 Hour	24 Hour	36 Hour	48 Hour
NWS Forecast (text)
Short-term Forecast
Meteorologist's Report (What do all those contractions stand for?)
Available Forecast Stations