Answers to the Feb. 05
In-class
Optional Assignment Questions
Question #1
Decode the station model data plotted and fill in the blanks below
Temperature
___75_F___
present
weather
conditions__haze___
wind direction
_from
the
East_
dew
point temperature ___45_F___
cloud cover
__1/8
th__ wind
speed ___5
knots___
cloud type(s)
___none*___
* A high cloud symbol was shown on the question shown in
class (see below). I forgot to include when I put together
the online lecture notes. This symbol represents "filaments of
cirrus clouds."
Question #2
How would the following
conditions be plotted on a surface weather map using the station model
notation
temperature = 75 F wind from the SE
at 15 knots
1/4 of the sky is covered with Fc and/or Fs clouds of bad weather
(scud)
intermittent rain dew point temperature = 49 F
