The Everything Weather Lab For Southern California - WorksheetCopy the text below into your text editor as use it to compile your answers. Be sure to save your work as you go!When you are done with Part A, copy and paste your work into the Submission Box on the Lab Assignment. Repeat the same with Part B for the following week's lab assignment. _________________________________________________ Weather Lab - Part AA-1Question 1. State the exact date and time that you went outside to look at the sky! Question 2. Use your own words to describe the sky as you currently observed it. A-2 - A-3 Question 3. What is the genera name of the cloud illustrated by Cloud A? (Hint: this cloud produced a lot of thunder and lighting, heavy rain, and some hail.) Question 4. What is the genera name for these kinds of high, wispy clouds in Cloud B? Question 5. What is the genera name of this very foggy type of cloud hugging the top of a local mountain in Cloud C? Question 6. What is the genera name of these "fair weather" clouds - Cloud D? Question 7. What is the genera name for these flat-bottom mid-level clouds in Cloud E? Question 8. What is the name for these unique clouds hanging above the high peaks in the San Diego mountains - Cloud F A-4 - A-5 Question 9. What is the name of the NWS Forecast Office closest to where you are located? Question 10. Enter the following information listed for the location associated with your "City, St" or zip code. What is listed for: Current Conditions: ___________________________ Temperature (in °F or °C): ___________________________ Humidity: ___________________________ Wind Speed: ___________________________ Barometer (in millibars): ___________________________ Dew point (in °F or °C): ___________________________ Visibility: ___________________________ A-6 Question 11. Over the next 5 days, which day will have the highest temperature? Question 12. Over the next 5 days, which day will have the lowest temperature? A-7 Question 13. What weather advisories, watches, or warnings are currently forecast for the following week? (Note: This changes frequently, and there may be none.) A-8 Question 14. On the table below match the letter (A to K) to the name of the instrument used for measuring atmospheric phenomena.
Weather Lab - Part BB-1Question 37. What is the weather element did you choose, and how far is it projected to move across the country in 3 days? (Estimate miles in 3 days.) B-2 Question 38. What region of the country is expected to have below normal precipitation over the next 90 days? Question 39. According to the Crop Moisture Index, what is the general soil moisture condition for planting forecast for the San Diego area? (Choices range from Severely Dry, Slightly Dry/Favorably Moist, to Excessively Wet, etc.) B-3 Question 40. According to the recent 24-hour rainfall totals map, what was the maximum rainfall total and what is the name of station where it was recorded was as shown on this map? B-4 Question 41. On what day did the most intense precipitation occur and where (in what general area: state or region). Question 42. By the end of this map forecast (Day 1-7), what general area received the most precipitation and in what total amount? (according the the scale bar). B-4 Question 43. What is the name of the river/stream gauge you have chosen, and what is the current river level in feet? Question 44. How many feet above flood stage "is,was, or will-be" at the peak flow currently shown on the stream gauge chart for the river you chose? B-6 Question 45. What can you say about the precipitation history in Southern California in the 3-month period (Dec. 2019 to Feb. 2020) compared to the averages of the previous year? B-7 Question 46. Of the 2 choices, GeoColor and Band 8, (or others you chose to look at), which did you find most useful or interesting for observing the weather in the Southwest region? And, briefly explain why? B-8 Question 47. Briefly describe what this looping shows you. Include how many hours this video covers (beginning to end). B-9 Question 48. Briefly describe any weather activity that catches you eye on the animation of the Gulf of Mexico Region. B-10 Question 49. Briefly describe what the most prominent weather feature you currently see in the region, or that is forecast in the next 12 hour for the Gulf of Mexico. B-11 Question 50. Where was the lightning most intense in this satellite animation of Hurricane Dorian? B-12 Question 51. Use the 1 Hour Average Ozone Concentration map. What time of day and date were the ozone concentrations the highest? Question 52. Use the Surface Smoke or Vertical Smoke maps.: If there was smoke in the Southern California area, what time of day was it most concentrated? If no smoke, say "no smoke." Question 53. Use the Surface Dust or Column Dust Concentration maps. If there was dust blowing in the air in the Southern California area, what time of day was it most concentrated? B-13 Question 54. Are there any volcanic eruptions currently happening anywhere in North America? If yes, where is this occurring? B-14 Question 55. Where and how strong was the closest earthquake to your home today? B-15 Question 56. What is the date on the map, and what is the water temperature in ° Fahrenheit? B-16 Question 57. In the last 4 months, where has equatorial upwelling been the strongest, in the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean? B-17 Question 57. What is the current time and date, and what is the level of the tide in Height in feet (MLLW) [mean low-level water line]? B-18 Question 58: On which Monday afternoon (around 2:00 PM) will the tide be the lowest? (next semester: April or November) B-19 Question 59. According to the colored scale bar, what was, is, or will be the greatest wave height (in meters) shown on the looping map for this day? B-20 - B-21 Question 61. According to the colored scale bar, what is the highest wind speed forecast on the looping map for this 5-day period? B-22 - B-24 Question 62. Were you able to find lightning in a thunderstorm? Where, and how many strikes-per-minute? If not, based on the combination of radar and satellite imagery, describe where the most intense weather seemed to be occurring in the region. B-25 Question 63. What is the general location where you live? (Name the town or general location—not your private residence,) Question 64. What is the Station ID and Station Name of the weather station nearest to the location you gave above in Question 63? Question 65. What is the Station ID and Station Name of the coastal/lake/ocean platform nearest to the location you gave above in Question 63? Question 66. What is the Station ID and Station Name of the river gauge nearest to the location you gave above in Question 63? Question 67. What is the Station ID and Station Name of the air quality nearest to the location you gave above in Question 63? Question 68. Of the different weather phenomena described in Sections 1-41 to 1-49, what are you experieincing where you live today? Before you do this... B-26 Question 69. 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