What is the cause of several very distinct weather patterns. (See details for full question)?
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by admin
You are a meteorologist responsible for reporting the weather for a local TV channel. Over the course of the year, various unusual weather patterns occur. The town experiences an eclipse during the day, an asteroid or comet falls in town square, golf sized hail falls, and a hurricane causes a lot of property damage. Explain how each of these events occurs.
An eclipse during the day? Sorry, not my problem, I am a meteorologist, not an astronomer.
Asteroid falling down? Sorry, not my problem, I am a meteorologist, not an astronomer.
Golf sized hail? Hail comes when the difference of temperature between the ground and aloft is very big. That works like a chimney, the air rises, moisture condenses, form clouds then rain and … it still rises until it freezes and comes down as hail. Big hail = big temperature difference and much moisture near the ground.
Hurricane? That happens when the temperature of the south-east of the north Atlantic reaches 27 C or above. Why is that? Again, great difference of temperature and much moisture. You must also remember that technically a hurricane can happen just anywhere because it is defined as a wind that reaches hurricane force, which is force 12, the highest one on the Beaufort scale.
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:17 pm
An eclipse during the day? Sorry, not my problem, I am a meteorologist, not an astronomer.
Asteroid falling down? Sorry, not my problem, I am a meteorologist, not an astronomer.
Golf sized hail? Hail comes when the difference of temperature between the ground and aloft is very big. That works like a chimney, the air rises, moisture condenses, form clouds then rain and … it still rises until it freezes and comes down as hail. Big hail = big temperature difference and much moisture near the ground.
Hurricane? That happens when the temperature of the south-east of the north Atlantic reaches 27 C or above. Why is that? Again, great difference of temperature and much moisture. You must also remember that technically a hurricane can happen just anywhere because it is defined as a wind that reaches hurricane force, which is force 12, the highest one on the Beaufort scale.
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