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ANNOUNCEMENTS and ANSWER KEY

Week 8


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ANNOUNCEMENTS - Week 8

2 November 2001

  1. We expect to be sending out materials for the final group meeting in about a week to LIT leaders. It will include End-of-Course Surveys, multiple copies of Today's Weather for distribution to participants for peer training purposes, and certificates of recognition.

  2. We continue to receive good reports from the "field." You might remind participants to share weather experiences with Dr. Ed Hopkins. We are sure you will agree, the "Reports from the Field" add a nice touch to the Daily Weather Summaries. Also, if your participants have made comments on the value of the DataStreme course to their teaching or the use of DataStreme activities or materials in their classrooms, we would appreciate hearing about those.

  3. Some LIT members eligible for honoraria have asked us about declining the honorarium or having it paid directly to a tax-exempt organization. We can do so, but we need to have those individuals contact us directly by Friday, 9 November, so we can arrange it.


WEEK 8 ANSWER KEY

A. CHAPTER PROGRESS:

  1. downward
  2. higher, . . lower, . . close together
  3. right, . . northwest
  4. increases
  5. right, . . left
  6. increases
  7. parallel
  8. gradient
  9. clockwise - High, . . counterclockwise - Low
  10. outward, . . inward
  11. divergence, . . convergence
  12. more . . c.f. Fig. 8.14
  13. - 15. [as appropriate by participant]

B. DAILY SUMMARY:

Tuesday:
1. fair
2. right
  Thursday:
1. middle
2. do

ACTIVITIES RESPONSE

ACTIVITY 8A:

  1. 4-mb, . . Low
  2. (arrow directed from bottom to top, perpendicular to isobar lines), . . lowest, . . perpendicular
  3. straight
  4. curved
  5. straight relative to fixed card, . . curved relative to rotating card
  6. curves to the right
  7. curves to the left
  8. Northern Hemisphere: right, . . Southern Hemisphere: left
  9. is, . . right
  10. pressure gradient, . . Coriolis
  11. parallel
  12. lower, . . inward, . . outward
  13. counterclockwise and inward, . . is
  14. 1020.3 mb, . . 999.6 mb, . . 20.7 mb
  15. 6 isobars lines, . . 2.8 mb, . . northern Plains and Great Lakes
  16. Minnesota, . . higher
  17. west-northwest, . . northeast, . . perpendicular
  18. right, . . south-southwest, . . right
  19. west-northwest, . . southwest
  20. clockwise and outward, . . 1030.5 mb, . . 10 kts, . . east, . . southwest, . . northwest

ACTIVITY 8B:

  1. no answer needed
  2. no answer needed
  3. no answer needed
  4. lowest: 5300 m (in Ontario, Canada), . . highest: 5900 m (in Miami, Florida)
  5. lower
  6. highest, . . lowest
  7. trough, . . ridge
  8. cold, . . warm, . . colder
  9. decrease
  10. increases, . . rises
  11. parallel
  12. east-west, . . calm to fifteen
  13. temp (°C): -14, . . dewpt (°C): -20, . . wind direction: west,
    wind speed (kt): about 30, . . height (m): 5690
  14. Charleston, SC (the station model at Charleston on the map is the answer)
  15. a basic west-to-east flow with little curvature
  16. closer together, . . similar to
  17. inward, . . outward, . . "parallel to the contours"
  18. colder, . . lower, . . colder
  19. lower, . . trough, . . 25 OCT, . . were

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