ANNOUNCEMENTS and ANSWER KEY

Week 1


WELCOME TO DATASTREME!

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

15 September 2000

  1. Welcome to DataStreme for Fall 2000! Week 1 for the DataStreme course is now completed. We hope the two-week start-up period was valuable for groups to find a convenient beginning time, and for you if you are a new LIT member. Mentors should be sure participants establish a habit of communicating with you early on by responding promptly to their faxed materials and encouraging any questions. This beginning period is important to develop the necessary rapport and pick up on early difficulties which could be frustrating and cause dissatisfaction. It is also important to have participants organize their weekly materials to prevent feelings of a "paper chase".

  2. The course seems to be getting off to another great start although there have been some numbers issues in the shipment of enough materials. We are trying to economize in sending just enough materials to meet individual LIT needs for the current semester.

    Also, note there was a wording change to item #4 of Activity 1A (preprinted portion). Notice of the change appeared at the beginning of the online portion of Activity 1A.

  3. Leaders: Please mail the completed, original SUNY Brockport course Registration Forms and Beginning-of-Course Surveys to DataStreme Central as soon as possible. Make and retain a copy of the completed SUNY forms in case mailed forms become lost.

    Also, leaders are reminded that we are REQUIRED by auditors to have signatures of participants present at LIT meeting meals to provide reimbursement. The form is located on the last page of the LIT Manual, under "Expenses".

  4. Please be sure participants are aware of both Homepage addresses for DataStreme (COMET and AMS) as frustration can be minimized if there are options in getting to the Homepage in the least time possible. You may also need to remind them about "RELOAD" or "REFRESH" if problems of old maps keep occurring.

  5. Did you notice a change in the Daily Weather Summary? We added the 00Z satellite/fronts image so the reader could relate the text to a visual depiction of the weather across the coterminous US.


ANSWER KEY

A. CHAPTER PROGRESS:

  1. [as appropriate by participant]
  2. [as appropriate by participant]
  3. [as appropriate by participant]
  4. falls, fall
  5. lower, thunderstorms
  6. south, south, from which
  7. counterclockwise
  8. Lows
  9. rising, eastward
  10. northwest
  11. colder
  12. decreases
  13. [as appropriate by participant]
  14. [as appropriate by participant]
  15. [as appropriate by participant]

Questions 13, 14, 15 should be used by participants to consider how they can use the course in ways relevant for their school situations. Mentors should use the answers to initiate dialogue and have teachers consider innovative ways to use the information, both in their own classrooms and with their colleagues. If answers here are missing or vague, you should initiate discussions about this. Remember, our long-term goal is to help participants become weather education resource persons for their schools, districts, and communities.


B. DAILY SUMMARY:

Tuesday:
1. 1600 CDT or 4 PM
2. 2000Z
Thursday:
1. cool and dry
2. maritime tropical

ACTIVITIES RESPONSE

ACTIVITY 1A:

  1. on Image 1 map segment
  2. 4 mb
  3. 994, 1002, 1010 are omitted
  4. on Key Image 1 map segment
  5. see Key Image 2 map
  6. Low: northeastern US, High: southern US
  7. low, . . . . high
  8. 1004 mb
  9. 1016 mb
  10. 12Z 04 SEP 2000
  11. 1009 mb, . . . in the Southwestern US and also at Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  12. 1030 mb, . . . in south central Canada
  13. 1012, 1016, 1020, 1024, 1028
  14. on map of 04 SEP 2000 pressures (see Key Image 3 for analysis)

ACTIVITY 1B:

Note: Copies of the hand-twist depictions are not shown due to the great variation of individual possibilities.

  1. - 5. on Figures 1 and 2. The "hand-twist" spirals will vary for each participant. Common features should be that lines on Figure 1 (High) are headed clockwise and outward, while on Figure 2 (Low) they are directed counterclockwise and inward.
  1. c - clockwise and spiraling outward
  2. b - counterclockwise and spiraling inward
  3. falls, . . . . rises
  4. downward, . . . . upward
  5. a - downward and outward in a clockwise spiral
  6. d - upward and inward in a counterclockwise spiral
  7. in the
  8. in the
  9. 1024-mb isobar
  10. east-southeast, . . . east-southeast
  11. northwest
  12. clockwise
  13. outward from, . . . consistent with
  14. counterclockwise and inward, . . . is
  15. southeast

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