Below is the surface weather map for October 16, 2008 at 10:53 AM. The white contours are
sea level pressure (isobars) . The green shading is the radar depiction of precipitation.
2. What is the most probable type of the air mass in southwestern New Mexico? Why?
3. What is the location in the U.S. of the highest sea level pressure?
4. What is the location in the U.S. of the lowest sea level pressure?
5. Where in the U.S. would you expect to find high wind velocities? Why?
6. Where in the U.S. would you find near calm conditions? Why?
7. In what region of the U.S. would the wind be from the north? In what region of the U.S. would the wind be from the east?
8. For a location in northern Illinois, toward which direction would the pressure gradient force (only) be acting?
9. Why is precipitation falling north of the warm front?
10. Why is precipitation falling from western Pennsylvania through central Kentucky?
11. Is it warmer in northern Virginia or central Indiana? Why?
12. What kind of weather would you expect (in general) over Missouri for the rest of the current day? Why?
13. Where on the map would you expect a trough at upper levels of the atmosphere to be located? Why?
14. Where on the map would you expect surface convergence to be occurring? Why?
15. Where on the map would you expect surface divergence to be occurring? Why?