Introduction
In his lab, we are to track the weather for our region. We are to track the predictions for one week, using a local source that we use now and one that we have never used before. We are then to record the actual weather for each day tracked. Afterwards, the lab asks us to respond to the questions based on the accuracy of the predictions. This essay examines the questions of weather, climate, weather predictions and accuracy for the purposes of this lab.
Weather
Weather in reality is nothing more than a description of atmospheric conditions for a given area at a given time. The terms warm, cold, wet, dry, cloudy or sunny describe what is happening in the troposphere. “The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. The troposphere starts at Earth's surface and goes up to a height of seven to twenty kilometers, or four to twelve miles or twenty-three to sixty-five thousand feet, above sea level” (Russell, 2010). Our atmosphere is dynamic. It changes daily and even hourly in response to various environmental factors. These factors include the amount of energy from the sun trapped in the atmosphere or the amount of water in the atmosphere.
Climate
Climate of a given region is the long-term study of weather for that region. In this case, long-term study of weather involves averaging weather conditions over a thirty-year period. The purpose of the averages is to understand average precipitation, average temperatures, daylight hours or extreme weather scenarios for a given region. A given region’s “height above sea level, the shape of the land, and how close it is to oceans influences its climate. Since the equator receives more sunlight than the poles, climate varies depending on distance from the eq...
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...s for one week, using a local source, Mr. David Aldrich from WVLT-TV Channel Eight, Knoxville, Tennessee, and one that we have never used before, the National Weather Service predictions for Knoxville, Tennessee. I was then to record the actual weather for each day tracked. Afterwards, I addressed the accuracy of Mr. Aldrich’s predictions versus the National Weather Service. Overall, this essay examined the questions of weather, climate, weather predictions and accuracy for the purposes of this lab.
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Due to the moderating effect, this ecozone has long, mild summers (18 to 22°C) and cool, short winters (-3 to -12°C), with around 720 to 1000mm of precipitation, and 180 to 260 growing days annually. The Westerlies can also alter the weather quickly in this ecozone.
In his piece on climate change, Richard Lindzen addresses his stance on the heated debate of global warming. He claims that there is, in fact, no ongoing catastrophic temperature increase. Lindzen, a Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a recipient of the Jule Charney award from the American Meteorological Society (Richard Lindzen), believes that the earth goes through natural phases of warming and cooling. In this piece, he examines why he believes people have a false conception of Earth’s climate shifts.
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Throughout the thriller-mystery story of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Mr. Utterson, the friendly lawyer, tries to figure out the reason behind why Dr. Jekyll, his friend and client, gives all his money to a strange man and murderer named Mr. Hyde in his will. Readers learn from the ominous third person point of view the worries of Mr. Utterson and ride along for his search of Mr. Hyde. In R. L. Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he employs characterization, imagery, and motifs of weather to construct complex characters and create eerie settings, which parallel with the mood of the characters.
Climate and weather are similar, describing how the atmosphere behaves, the difference being the timescale (Conway, 2010). Weather is a short-term scale of temperature and precipitation, usually considering weeks or less (ibid). Climate, however, is a long term description of months or longer, describing different seasons and trends of temperature and precipitation. Climate of Vancouver is typically mild during the spring and summer and damp during the autumn and winter, and unlike other mountainous areas of British Columbia, it is not excessively cold or snowy (“Hello BC”, n.d.).
...xpected weather conditions over time, previous weather conditions, possible areas of less deteriorating weather conditions, expected duration of bad weather condition.
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The warming of the air brings with it a change in weather patterns across the globe. This change in weather patterns will include an increase in weather extremes such as, storms and drought. The type of extreme depends on a specific region with drought expected to increase in the dry tropics and with the frequency of tropical storms and rainfall expected to increase in the wet tropics.
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Climatologists are scientist who study climate. The global warming debate has created tension between climate scientist and meteorologists especially weather forecasters on television. Climatolo...
Climate change is among the significant threat that’s slowly facing the world today. Research done by American meteorological department states that temperature might rise by 3.5 to 7.4 degrees in the next hundred years. It is also evident that the catastrophic effect will majorly be felt within the poles and land. Climate change is a long-term shift in weather conditions identified by changes in temperature, precipitation, winds, and other indicators. Climate change can involve both changes in average conditions and changes in variability, including, for example, extreme events.
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Climate change is the long-term shift in weather patterns in a specific region or globally. Climate change refers to changes in a regions overall weather patterns. These include temperature changes, precipitation and cloud cover (www.ecolife.com).