Envs,Geol,Phys. 112: Global Climate North America Project

Purpose & Goals Practice the “commitment to data” required for progress in science Become familiar with on-line data Create a data base for a particular city for spring of 2010 (and compare to normals) Gain understanding of atmospheric processes through analysis and interpretation of meteorological data and maps Gain understanding of weather forecasting and critical ability in judging forecasts

Requirements Download data daily from 1/29 to 4/21 Enter data into spreadsheet provided (keep it on the T drive & a copy on P!!) Each Friday, contribute to discussion Preparation: Print out three plots for your city on THURSDAY!!! Compare your plots of temp, pressure, humidity, etc., to the weather maps and note air masses, fronts, storms, etc. Make interpretive notes on plots Check local newspapers on line for weather stories In Class Participate in discussion, lead one discussion during term Write a summary of the spring for your city & hand in with binder of plots on April 26, 2010

For Canadian cities click here! Downloading Data Go to weather.gov Click on Observations: Surface Weather Find state For Canadian cities click here!

Download Data Print or save the data each 24 hours download twice each 24 hours to overlap! Weather Station Call Letters Coordinates & Elevation: 39°49’ 58”N, 104º 39’ 27” W 1640m above MSL

Date & Time of last datum (EST and UTC) Download Data Print or save the data each 24 hours download twice each 24 hours to overlap! The data! Date & Time of last datum (EST and UTC)

The Data 24-hours on line Oldest at bottom Newest at top Time in EST (UTC) Temp. in F (C) Dew Point F (C) a temperature Pressure in inHg (hPa) (1 hectoPascal = 10 Pa) Wind Dir & Speed Time

Spreadsheets T:\Global Climate\Cities Weather & Direction codes Data: You type in white columns, colored columns calaculated Plots (3): Made as you type

Spreadsheets T:\Global Climate\Cities Week begins on Thursday at midnight, EST One tab for Each week (Midnight Thursday to Midnight Thursday)

Spreadsheets T:\Global Climate\Cities Eastern Standard Time Local Time weather.gov uses EST

Spreadsheets T:\Global Climate\Cities Thursday Each day is a different color Friday

Spreadsheets T:\Global Climate\Cities Temperature Dew Point Pressure Wind Speed Wind Direction Weather Code You fill in WHITE COLUMNS

Spreadsheets T:\Global Climate\Cities You fill in WHITE COLUMNS Don't touch colored columns!!

Climatology First Tab Incident Sunlight Climate Normals Due to latitude Climate Normals 30-year averages Std. Deviations

Climatology Tab Fill in white spaces Latitude, Longitude, Elevation from weather.gov

Climatology Tab Fill in white spaces Normals from World Climate Standard deviations from “Temperature PDF”

Normals On “Links” page on class website Station Number Find your state & station Station Number

These need to be about YOU Plots Three made automatically Temperature, Pressure & Wind Speed Wind speed, Wind Direction & Weather Relative humidity and Weather Must be printed out BEFORE Friday class CHANGE HEADERS ON ALL PLOTS These need to be about YOU

Frame indicates plot is selected Changing Plot Headers Click on plot, select “Print Preview” Frame indicates plot is selected

Changing Plot Headers Click on “Page Setup” then “Header/Footer”

Changing Plot Headers Click on “Custom Header …” Do this every week! Your City You

Frame indicates plot is selected Printing Plots Click on Plot, select on “Print” Do this every week! Frame indicates plot is selected

Printing Plots Click on Plot, select on “Print” Lab_Physics_232 (this room) Lab_Physics_231 (next door) Lab_Physics_204 (across hall)

Homework Read The Children’s Blizzard Introduction Chapter 1: Departures & Arrivals Chapter 2: Trials For Monday Create a Power Point for your city 3 -5 slides location, geography, fun facts to be presented next Friday