Weather and Weather Predicting

Task2 - Start Recording your city's weather:

• Record today's weather, using our weather station, in your "Englewood, NJ Weather Log" handout.

1. What is your city's zip code? US Zip Codes
2. Using the zip code and weather website, find the current weather conditions and record in your "Adopted City Weather Log " handout: Weather website
3. What is the latitude and longitude of your city? (You can find this on the weather website in the top right corner, after you put in your zip code)
4. What time zone is your city in? Time Zone website
5. Watch this BrainPOP movie on weather (advanced)

Task 3 - Start Recording your city's astronomydata:

• Record today's weather, using our weather station, in your "Englewood, NJ Weather Log" handout.
• Using the zip code and weather website, find the current weather conditions and record in your "Adopted City Weather Log " handout: Weather website

1. On the Weather website, scroll down to "Astronomy Data" and record the Sunrise, Sunset, Day Length, and Moon Rise Data for Englewood, NJ and your adopted city.

Task 4 - Isotherms

1. From this point forward, record today's weather for NJ and your adopted city, as well as the Astronomy data for both NJ and your adopted city.
2. Plot the current temperature of your adopted city onto the wall map in our classroom.

What is an isotherm? An isotherm is a line connecting locations with equal temperature.  Isotherm maps show where temperatures are relatively high and low, and also where temperature changes are gradual or dramatic over a distance. (Source)

What do they look like?  Isothermsfor current weather: go to this website then click on SurfaceTemperatures

Interactive Tutorial for drawing Isotherms:

1.  Go to this website andthen click on the first link in the first paragraph.

2.  A new window will open.

3.  Where it says: "Draw thefollowing contour: ____ deg."  Click on the boxand choose 50.  Watch as thepencil draws a line with temperatures lessthan 50 degrees on one side, andtemperatures greater than 50 onthe other side.

4.  Click on the box and choose 90. This one is different because it shows a closed isotherm.  Inside thecircle it is greater than 90 degreesand outsidethe circle itis less than 90 degrees.

5.  Pick a temperature of your choice and notice how the lineis drawn.

6.  Click on choose all,and all the isotherms will be drawn in.

7.  Click on color all,and the isotherms will be colored in.

Rules for drawing isotherms:

1. Draw your isotherm in a neat and smooth line instead of a jagged line. (trace lightly in pencil. then go over when done.)
2. An isotherm should begin and end at an edge of the map, or, alternatively, loop around and close on itself
3. An isotherm should never branch or fork
4. Isotherms should be drawn at equal intervals.

Isotherm exercises:

1. Practice Map A (Teacher will provide)- Color the isotherms using the color code: 100 - red, 90 - pink, 80 - orange, 70 yellow, 60 lt green, 50 dk green, 40 lt blue, 30 dk blue, 20 lt purple, 10 dk purple, 0 brown, -10 gray
2. Map C - (Teacher will provide)  Draw Isotherms in 10 degree intervals then color.