Summer Severe Weather Geoff Coulson Warning Preparedness Meteorologist Environment Canada Sept 11 2009 ICLR Friday Forum 1 Contents • • • • Ontario Storm Prediction Centre Forecasting Technology Watch/Warning Program A closer look at August 20th tornado outbreak 2 Ontario Storm Prediction Centre Toronto 3 Radar data… 4 Weather Technology 5 Satellite Data… 6 Computer Models… 7 Forecast Area of Responsibility 8 Scale of a Summer Storm 9
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Weather Fronts: Understanding the Movement of Air Lesson Plan on types of weather fronts with various conceptual demonstrations By: Craig O’Connell and Jack Hord A. State Standards Addressed a. Standard 6.1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of technological design and scientific inquiry‚ including process skills‚ mathematical thinking‚ controlled investigative design and analysis‚ and problem solving. i. Indicator 6-1.1: Use appropriate tools and instruments
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Weather predictions are sometimes inaccurate. There are different reasons why weather predictions may be inaccurate. First‚ weather can change very drastically in a very small matter of time. At 1430 hours‚ the weather was pretty much clear. It was only partly cloudy and there was no precipitation. There was little to no precipitation in the eastern Nebraska area. 20 minutes later‚ there was a thunderstorm with hail at Beatrice‚ a city in eastern Nebraska‚ not far from Omaha. Another 20 minutes
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Explain the causes of one type of extreme weather. Temperate storm Boscastle flood 2004 A Temperate storm are storms of different types and occurs in the area of 30 to 60 degrees latitude with High Wind speed (39-55 mph + or 63–90 km/h). In 2004 various factors lead to the flooding of Boscastle. Boscastle is a rural village located on the North coast of Cornwall‚ in the South West of England. There are various physical factors which contributed to the flooding of Boscastle. Firstly‚ the storm which
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(2008). Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground at Forty . Retrieved 10 16‚ 2013‚ from George Mason Univeristy History New Network : http://hnn.us/article/93754 Gillies‚ K. (1998‚ 11). The Last Radical. (A. Pilon‚ Ed.) Vancouver Magazine . Lozano‚ C. (Producer)‚ & Green‚ B. S. (Director). (2003). The Weather Underground [Motion Picture]. Gussow‚ M. (2003‚ 3 5). The House On West 11th Street . The New York Times ‚ p. 3. Maryland‚ U. o. (2010-2013). Weather Underground Organization (WUO) / Weathermen
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change is the alteration of weather and climate attributes orvariables and it is a result of an interplay of factors Climate ranging from natural phenomenon to human factors [Zhakata and Makarau 1995] .Major components of the climate system include ‚temperature ‚ precipitation‚humidity‚ pressure and others . According to Waugh [2000] climate refers to the longterm atmospheric behaviour while weather refers to the state of the atmosphere at a local level and on a short term
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Money is a good servant but a bad master -----budget for life By Tang Liwei from Suchow University Ladies and gentlemen. Dear honorable judges. It is my honor to participate in this speaking competition and share my opinions about the topic budget for life with you. To give a simple but precise definition‚ to budget means you may make a specific plan for using money. “Personal budget” is a phrase‚ to a great extent‚ made for most so-called middle-class. Because this group of people are
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The statistics shows that in Northern countries‚ where the weather is cold‚ cloudy and the light is limited the percentage of people who suffer depression greater than anywhere else. Winter Depression‚ Winter Blues‚ Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) are all conditions that expressed the negative impact of bad weather on our organism and psyche. Researches show that exactly the lack of bright light in the winter is the thing that provokes bad mood. For this reason in most of the countries winter celebrations
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Air Masses There are many components when it comes to understanding different types of weather systems. When it comes to weather‚ many vital parts such as air masses are very important to understand. One might ask‚ what is an air mass? An air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties (ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu). When there are similar characteristics and temperature and humidity within an air mass this is called its source region. The source region is
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includes the name of the The Bad Beginning: A Terrible Tale book he or she is reviewing. The writer engages the Do you enjoy happy endings? If so‚ The Bad Beginning by The writer reader with Lemony Snicket is a book you’ll want to avoid. This is a includes the a question. story with a bad beginning‚ a bad middle and a bad title and author of the book in ending. Why would anyone want to read such a thoroughly the introduction. bad book? It’s all in good fun! The writer The Bad Beginning is a story about
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