GE111_Weather_Journal_Exam (1)

GE111 –Physical Geography: Weather and Climate Weather Journal Project Exam Congratulations! You have just completed a series of 12 weather observations (12 daily reports) for the City of Florence, AL, or the city of your choice. Let us demonstrate our understanding and appreciation of local weather for the past 12 days by responding to the following questions. 1. Pull out and study carefully all your daily weather reports. In Microsoft Word , draw a table and tabulate all the recorded weather elements (Temperature, pressure, rain, humidity, wind speed and direction, etc.) as shown in the sample table provided. Sample summary table : Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Temperatur e 83 ℉ 98 ℉ 83 ℉ 80 ℉ 77 ℉ 82 ℉ 81 ℉ 77 ℉ 72 ℉ 66 ℉ 80 ℉ 81 ℉ Wind direction East East West south west west west north west north north north east Wind Speed 9 mph 3mph 7mph 7mph 9mph 6mph 6mph 9mph 12mp h 10mp h 12mp h 16 mph Humidity 50% 52% 39% 60% 46% 49% 56% 58% 55% 63% 47% 47% Air Pressure 29.95 30.00 29.93 29.94 30.05 30.12 30.06 30.04 29.82 30.01 30.15 29.89 Dew Point 61 77 56 63 51 59 62 61 55 53 58 59 2. Using the temperature data, draw a temperature line graph (in Microsoft Excel ) to represent the temperature changes in Florence in the 12-day period from August to October (as explained in lab). From your temperature line graph, identify (with a circle) a day(s) and specific date(s) when Florence experienced a sharp drop in temperature.

3. From your temperature line graph in question 2 above, describe the general temperature trend over Florence in the 8-week period. Based on knowledge obtained from this class, what would you say explains this general temperature trend for the month(s) you observed? Although in the state of Al, it is not as likely for temperatures to get as cooler as in other states in fall months, the temperature did get a little bit cooler. There were many days when the temperatures reached a nice 70 . The change in temperatures as the seasons ℉ go on is due to the angle of the sun's rays and the number of daylight hours at that location. Both the angle of the sun's rays and the number of daylight hours in a location change throughout the year as Earth orbits or revolves around the sun. 4. From your daily report (national image), identify a day when there was a very well developed mid-latitude cyclone over the United States. Over what State(s) is the low pressure center that day? Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois Over what State(s) is the nearest high-pressure center on that day? New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas Insert the national image you identified below. You need to insert a national weather map from one of your weather journals if this map has all the information required. Alternatively, you can work on the blank map of the US provided at the last page of this test, identify the low-pressure center by drawing a small circle with the letter “L” in the middle. Use increasingly larger circles to represent isobars in the cyclone from the center to the outside. Use the proper weather symbols to draw the cold and warm front. Use