Earth Science Lab



Directions: Search the Internet to find the answers to the following questions. The areas should be in the United States with the exception of question #22. Below are the URL’s for the most commonly used weather related websites.

▪ The Weather Channel - (Use this one for this lab)

▪ Channel 4 Local Weather -

▪ Weather Underground -

▪ Intellicast -

▪ Accuweather -

▪ National Center for Atmospheric Research - rap.ucar.edu/weather

▪ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - nssl.resources

Date(s) of Internet Search: __________________________

|Questions: |Answers: |

|Where are the areas, in the USA, with the highest air pressure today? (Region or State) Look for the | |

|“H” | |

|(On choose maps in the top tool bar & then choose classic maps, on left, to get the current| |

|surface map) | |

|Where are the areas with the lowest pressure today? (Region or State) Look for the “L” (On current | |

|surface map look for the large “L”) | |

|Which area in New York has the highest air pressure today? (Which region of NYS is closest to an “H”?) | |

|Where is the area with the highest air pressure gradient in the US today? (Region or State) (Where the | |

|isolines are closest together) | |

|Which direction is the wind blowing from in Oklahoma? | |

|(Scroll down to the “Current Winds & gusts map & find Oklahoma) | |

|Which direction is the wind blowing from in California? | |

|Where is the highest wind speed in the United States today? (Region or State) | |

|Which direction is the wind blowing from in Allegany, NY? | |

|(Type in 14706 in the search box to get Allegany weather details) | |

|What is the Dew-Point temperature in Allegany, NY? | |

|(Click on Current Details box to get dew point) | |

|Describe the cloud cover in Western New York. (Look out the window and compare to what the computer is | |

|saying) | |

|What is the visibility in miles for Allegany, NY? | |

|What is the air pressure in Allegany, NY? | |

|Describe how Allegany’s weather will change in the next 24 hours. (Compare Today’s weather with | |

|Tomorrow’s weather) | |

|Are there any lightning strikes in the US today? if so where? | |

|(Go back to the classic map tool you used before scroll down to Lightning Strikes Map – RED dots) | |

|Where is the highest temperature in the US today? | |

|(Choose Current Temperatures Map) | |

|Where is the Lowest temperature in the US today? | |

|(Choose Current Temperatures Map) | |

|Are there any tornado warnings in the US today? if so where? (Region or State) (Severe Weather Map) | |

|Click on the Radar Tab and view the map. What in relation to weather, does the Radar show us? | |

|Now click on the satellite tab and view the map. What in relation to weather, does the Satellite show | |

|us? | |

|How do the Radar and Satellite maps compare? | |

|Describe the following weather conditions for Cleveland, OH. We will probably |Temperature - ________ |

|have similar weather tomorrow. |Dew-Point - __________ |

| |Cloud Coverage - ________________ |

| |Wind Speed & Direction - _________________ |

| |Precipitation - ___________ |

|What is the weather forecast for Sydney, Australia today? |Temperature - ________ |

| |Dew-Point - __________ |

| |Cloud Coverage - ________________ |

| |Wind Speed & Direction - _________________ |

| |Precipitation - ___________ |

|If you were to go any of the other weather websites and searched for today’s weather in Allegany, NY, would they report similar weather variables or would the |

|atmospheric data be different? Why? |

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