Stormy Weather

The things you've learned this week will help you understand what's going on when the rain returns again, this winter. Pay attention to the weather report! Look for Highs and Lows, note the location of the jet stream, pay attention to relative humidity and barometric pressure. Does it make more sense to you, now? It should! If it doesn't...maybe it's time to crack the books again and have a chat with the professor. Just saying'.

Here's another good website for review and a little bit of supplemental lecture material. It's very thorough! Click through the pages in the nav bar for more goodies.

Here are the images that were missing from today's slides on the Four Causes of Uplift. These are the ways that clouds form in the atmosphere as the air is forced to rise. (click to enlarge)

Also, remember: if any one of these is happens during uplift, the rest are also occurring:

The Big 5:

SATURATION

CONDENSATION

RH = 100%

DEW POINT TEMPERATURE reached

LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVEL reached

For the rest of the lecture, see the slides, below. If you missed class, today, make sure you get notes from someone who was here. (There was no lab handout, today.)

Physical Geography Lecture 08 - Precipitation, Air Masses, and Storms 110216 from angelaorr