ANNOUNCEMENTS and ANSWER KEY

Week 4


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ANNOUNCEMENTS - Week 4

6 October 2000

  1. It is just about time for the mid-course DataStreme meeting. If you have already had pressure blocks distributed, you might remind your mentees in your weekly discussions to bring them to the mid-course meeting. LIT leaders should mention at the meeting that the books and NOAA weather radios are supplementary materials for DataStreme course use and are expected to be used as reference materials for the participant's role as a weather education resource teacher in their schools, districts and with the public. This can lead into the preview of the final meeting's Plan of Action and their larger, future role as resource teachers. Participant thinking should begin to focus on uses of DataStreme beyond simply completing weekly assignments. Other points to make:

  2. All materials for your mid-course meeting were shipped to LIT leaders for delivery on or before, Monday, 9 October. If the materials do not arrive by Monday, let us know.

  3. The "final" count appears to have DataStreme Fall 2000 at 83 LITs operating with 627 participants in 46 states. Congratulations on your fine work.

  4. LIT Leaders should have received LIT Verification Forms. If you have not already done so, please check the information (certification for honoraria checks and spelling of names for certificates) and fax back as soon as possible.


WEEK 4 ANSWER KEY

A. CHAPTER PROGRESS:

  1. conduction, convection, or radiation
  2. poor
  3. specific heat
  4. dry
  5. unequal
  6. convection
  7. latent
  8. water
  9. vaporization of water - most, conduction plus convection - least
  10. 30 degrees
  11. air mass exchange, then storms, then ocean circulation
  12. across
  13. - 15. [as appropriate by participant]

B. DAILY SUMMARY:

Tuesday:
1. Warm
2. cold air
Thursday:
1. moon
2. both

ACTIVITIES RESPONSE

ACTIVITY 4A:

  1. on map segment . . . . The 60 and 70 lines would follow the curvature of the 50 in arcing across the map. The 60 line basically bisects the map segment. See Key Image 1.
  2. 10 Fahrenheit degrees
  3. 50 °F, . . 60 °F, . . 70 °F, . . for 10 F° interval
  4. A - cold, . . B - cold, . . C - warm, . . D - warm
  5. warm . . cold
  6. cold . . warm . . cold . . warm
  7. warm . . rising . . cold . . fall
  8. cold . . warm
  9. no
  10. sunrise . . cold
  11. 47 °F, . . . north-northwest, . . . 10 knots
  12. on map of 00Z 25 SEP 2000, see Key Image 2.
  13. Kansas to north Texas,
    47 °F, . . . 72 °F, . . . 25 F° (Wichita-San Antonio), . . . 3 F° (Atlanta-Miami),
    Wichita and San Antonio
  14. at angles across, . . . lower
  15. at angles across, . . . higher
  16. on map of 00Z 25 SEP 2000, see Key Image 2.
  17. behind, that is, northwest of, . . . ahead of
  18. rise or remain steady, . . . fall

ACTIVITY 4B:

  1. 35 HDD
  2. on Heating Degree Day map, Key Image 3
  3. Florida (considering the southern portion of the state)
  4. latitude (the most general factor although elevation may locally dominate)
  5. St. Louis, . . St. Louis
  6. 20 CDD
  7. the same as
  8. -41 °F WET
  9. 1 F°
  10. 101 °F at Blythe, CA (highest), . . . 40 °F at Havre, MT (lowest)
  11. 24 °F at Burns, OR (lowest), . . . 78 °F at Phoenix, AZ (highest)
  12. City Mean T HDD/CDD Units Which
    Pocatello, ID 52 13 HDD
    Phoenix, AZ 88 23 CDD
    Havre, MT 34 31 HDD
    Peoria, IL 65 0 neither
    Brownsville, TX 81 16 CDD
    Caribou, ME 57 8 HDD
    Memphis, TN 79 14 CDD
  13. heating, . . . cooling
  14. 27 °F WET, . . . International Falls, MN
  15. 9 °F (at 15 mph), . . . 1 °F (at 25 mph), . . . 18 F° (5-15), . . . 8 F° (15-25)

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