forecast
Please note that the forecast city is
Des Moines, IA
Forecast the Weather
Weather Products
About this exercise
1)
Reporting Station
(4 letter code)
Find station code
Daytime Temperature
2)
18Z Temperature
:
(°F)
What does 18Z mean?
Temperature Influences
3)
For 18Z tomorrow, I predict cloudiness will
hold down the daytime temperature.
not affect the daytime temperature.
Daytime cloudiness and temperature
4)
Advection may also change temperature. I predict 18Z temperature change will
be affected by warm air advection.
be affected by cold air advection.
not be significantly affected by advection.
What is temperature advection?
5)
A frontal passage by 18Z tomorrow may also affect the temperature. I predict there will have been the passage of
a warm front
a cold front
an occluded front
a stationary front
no front
within 140 miles of the reporting site.
Discussion of fronts
Nighttime Temperature
6)
12Z Temperature
(°F)
Temperature Influences
7)
Advection may also change temperature. I predict 12Z temperature change will
be affected by warm air advection.
be affected by cold air advection.
not be significantly affected by advection.
8)
A front will be in the vicinity by 12Z tomorrow and may also affect the temperature. I predict there will have been the occurence of
a warm front
a cold front
an occluded front
a stationary front
no front
within about 140 miles of the reporting site.
9)
Cloud cover to inhibit radiational cooling tonight
will be significant.
will not be significant.
How do clouds affect cooling at night?
Precipitation
10)
Will there be precipitation between 12Z tomorrow and 12Z the next day?
Yes
No
Precipitation
Precipitation Influences
11)
The following factors will favor precipitation during the forecast period:
(You may NEED to select more than one.)
Moisture Supply
Frontal Position
Unstable Atmosphere
How do these factors influence precipitation?
Wind
12)
Wind Speed at 18Z:
(knots)
How is wind speed determined?
13)
Wind Direction at 18Z
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
What determines wind direction?
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