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ANNOUNCEMENTS and ANSWER KEY

Week 4


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ANNOUNCEMENTS - Week 4

5 October 2001

  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, Friday, 5 October. If the materials have not arrived, let us know - BUT.

    Moving Day !!

    Friday, 5 October 2001, is the day the AMS Washington office is moving to the new space. After this date, all communications should be to:

    American Meteorological Society
    Education Program
    1120 G. St., N.W., Suite 800
    Washington, DC 20005
    202-737-1043 (voice)
    202-737-0445 (fax)

    *** email address and 800 numbers remain unchanged! ***


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  3. The "final" count appears to have DataStreme Fall 2001 at 29 LITs operating with 184 participants. Our thanks on your fine work.

  4. LIT Leaders will receive LIT Verification Forms in the next week or 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. cold, . . . warm
  12. counterclockwise and inward, . . . clockwise and outward
  13. 40 °F, . . . north-northwest, . . . 50 °F, . . . northwest
    lower, . . . Cold
  14. south or southeast, . . . 57 °F, . . . higher, . . . Warm
  15. to the west of or "behind" the cold front, . . . eastern
    to the south of or "behind" the warm front
  16. upper 40's and lower 50's, . . . middle 40's and lower 50's

ACTIVITY 4B:

  1. 35 HDD
  2. on Heating Degree Day map, Key Image 2
  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. - 19 °F WET (note: this is from new WET table provided in activity)
  9. 1 F degree (note: new WET table has only a 4 F° WET drop due to a wind speed change from 5 to 10 mph at 25 °F)
  10. 104 °F, . . Sacramento, CA (max.), . . 54 °F, . . International Falls, MN (min.)
  11. 33 °F, . . Havre, MT (min.), . . 78 °F, . . Blythe, CA and Phoenix, AZ (max.)
  12. International Falls . . 46 °F . . 19 . . . HDD
    Sacramento . . 81 °F . . 16 . . CDD
    Portland . . 56 °F . . 9 . . HDD
    New York City . . 62 °F . . 3 . . HDD
    Phoenix . . 85 °F . . 20 . . CDD
    Orlando . . 70 °F . . 5 . . CDD
  13. north-central
  14. 34 °F, . . Burns, OR
  15. 25 °F (@ 5 mph), . . 19 °F (@ 15 mph), . . 6 F° (5-15)
    16 °F (@ 25 mph), . . 3 F° (15-25)

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