Department of Geosciences

 Name _______________________________
 San Francisco State University

 Spring 2004

 

Meteorology 302
Homework #1
(Section 1: Due Beginning of Class, Friday 20 February 2004)
(Section 4: Due Beginning of Class, Thursday 19 February 2004)

Note: When written answers are required, please respond with a complete sentence or sentences, each with a subject, verb and object. You may respond on this sheet or on back.

Attached find the following for 2000Z 15 Feb 2001:

(a) Plot of surface weather data for southern Great Plains;

and on class website (approximately 2000 UTC)

(b) Convective Outlook Day 1, IR Satellite Image, Visible Satellite Image, centering on southern Great Plains
 

1. Examine (a), the plot of surface weather data. Note the weather stations indicated by their three letter designators. Fill in the following table.

Station Temp Dew Point Temp Pressure Wind Dir Wind Spd Present Weather
Brownsville (BRO)            
Houston (HOU)            
Dallas (DFW)            
Oklahoma City (OKC)            
St. James (VIH)            

2. Examine the Convective Outlook. In one or two sentences, describe what it is showing in the southern Great Plains.

3. Examine the information for VIH and BRO.

(a) Which of the two places is experiencing the highest relative humidity?

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How Did You Tell?____________________________________________________

(b) Which of the two is experiencing the greatest amount of water vapor?

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How Did You Tell?____________________________________________________

4. Examine the visible and infrared satellite images.

5. What is the date and time of the surface chart in:

(a) Pacific Standard Time?

(b) Central Standard Time?