Environmental Geology

Weather Lab

The Climate of a site represents the long-term averaged weather conditions and is a function of latitude, elevation, topography, proximity to moisture, prevailing winds etc. Weather, on the other hand represents daily and weekly changes in precipitation, temperature and wind conditions due to local and regional atmospheric variations. High and low pressure systems develop and move, warm and cold air masses collide and moisture evaporated at distant places condenses and falls to the earth's surface.

In this lab we will monitor local weather conditions and observe how local weather fits into larger (regional) weather patterns. This is a week long lab and you will need to do the following on a daily basis:

1) make weather observations three times-a-day (each day of the week)

2) check the MHC weather station (here) on a daily basis and

3) monitor regional weather patterns using the internet site at weather.com

 

 
Look below for links to the MHC weather station data - you need to look up the information here twice during the week - 1 time on Wednesday and 1 time on Friday - These two times slices will contain data from the previous three days local weather at the weather station site

Click here for temperature, rainfall, and barometric pressure for Sunday though Tuesday

Click here for temperature, wind speed, and wind direction for Sunday through Tuesday

Click here for temperature, rainfall, and barometric pressure for Wednesday through Friday

Click here for temperature, wind speed, and wind direction for Wednesday through Friday
Have fun this week !!!