Forecast Challenge#4

This weather topic submitted by Dr. C (HaysC@muohio.edu) on 2/18/98.


Your forecast challenge #4 is the due sometime (your choice!) prior to Monday, Feb.23, 1998

Please take these challenges seriously!

Each team is responsible for the same area of the country as lsat time.

Andy and Megan: Coastal Washington State
Marni and Jeff: The eastern plains of Montana
Marie: The Florida Panhandle
Matt: Maine
Jassen:Missouri

Requirements:
Weather Conditions at your location over several days documenting:
Wind direction and speed with max gusts
Maximum rainfall predicted
Liquid or frozen precipitation
Lowest surface pressure
Maximum 500 mb wind speed
Lowest 500 mb height and temperature
Will weather conditions improve or deteriorate over the forecast period?Why? What was the most interesting weather to occur at your study site during the week? What caused it?

This exercise should be posted to the web and a "hard copy" report should also be turned in.Besides just the "raw numbers," write a weather prognosis of the weather leading up to 2/13/98 and going beyond a few days based upon your knowledge and what you've found out.Include printouts of the pertinent maps/official text forecasts.

Be sure to bring surface and upper level maps into your analyses! You will present your findings to the class on 2/23/98.

This exercise is worth 25 points!

Bonus:What will the high temperature and lowest barometric pressure be on Monday (2/23/98) for
Oxford, Ohio?

Extra Bonus:Can you address the El Nino question?

HaysC


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