Weather Variables Jeopardy Station models Temperature Air pressure Winds/Storms Moisture 10 20 30 40 50

What is the dew point temperature for the following station model? – 10 points Category 1 - 10 Answer: Northeast at 20 knots Answer: 55°F

What is the wind direction And speed for the following Station model? – 20 points Category 1 - 20 Answer: northeast at 20 knots

What is the pressure at the weather station in inches of mercury – 30 points Answer: 29.66 inches of hg

What was the pressure three hours ago in millibars? – 40 points Answer: 1003.3 mb

What is the temperature in °C, sky conditions, and amount Of precipitation in the last 6 Hours? – 50 points Answer: 23°C, 50% clouds, .5 inches

Draw the 40 degree isotherm on the Following map? – 10 points

Why is Boston warmer in the Winter than Albany if they are At the same latitude? – 20 points Boston is near a large body Of water.

On a hot summer day, compared To a lake, the air over land has A __________ pressure and ____________ temperature? – 30 points lower higher

Which atmospheric temperature zone is Locate between 31 and 50 miles above The earth? – 40 points Mesosphere

What happens to a air on the windward And then leeward side of the mountain? What happens to the probability of Precipitation? – 50 points Windward: Rises –expands and cools until dew point Leeward-Sinks –compresses and warms. Moves away from dew point.

What is the instrument used To measure air pressure? What Are the two types called? – 10 points Answer: barometer, aneroid and mercury barometers

Would be experiencing the Greatest wind speeds and why? – 20 points Which point on the map Would be experiencing the Greatest wind speeds and why? – 20 points Answer: Point B because the isobars are closest together there

Draw how winds move around a High and low pressure center. – 30 points Answer: High –clockwise and out. Low –counterclockwise and in.

What are the effects on the weather in South America due to the warmer Than average water temperatures Off the coast of South America during El Niño? ….. – 40 points Answer: warmer and wetter

What is the typical relationship Between temperature and pressure? – 50 points Answer: As temperature rises, pressure lowers

What is the instrument for Measuring wind called? – 10 points Answer: anemometer

Following wind directions are where The arrows are located? Write down what the Following wind directions are where The arrows are located? – 20 points Answer: SSW and ENE

Are winds diverging and what would This result in? – 30 points Using ESRT pg 14, where Are winds diverging and what would This result in? – 30 points Answer: 30°N and 30°S, results in sinking air, high pressure and dry conditions

What is a sea breeze and What causes it? – 40 points Answer: its when wind blow off the water towards the land due to unequal heating of water and land. Cooler water forms higher pressure, and warmer land forms low pressure. Winds blow from high to low pressure.

Explain what happens to winds Around high and low pressure Due to coriolis force? And what is Coriolis force? – 50 points Winds are deflected to the right Answer: due to the earth’s rotation winds are deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere

What is the general direction That this low pressure center will move? Explain where the mT & cP air would be located according to letter.(A,B,C) – 10 points

What is dew point? – 20 points Answer: the temperature at which air is filled with water vapor.

What is the relative humidity If we have a dry bulb temperature Of 6°c and a wet bulb of 10°c and how did u get the answer. – 30 points Answer: 46%. Found the difference between them, which is 4 and used Esrt.

Explain what needs to happen in Order to get cloud formation – 40 points Air needs to have moisture in it. As air is forced to rise for some reason, air expands and cools until dew point. Once this happens moisture needs CCN to condense on, then clouds form.

What are the main cloud types ? – 50 points Answer: Answer: cirrus- Cumulus- Stratus- Nimbus –