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GEOL 1340 Name: Moises Aguilar Martinez Weather and Climate Lab 1 Due Date Problem 1 (20 points). Summarize two key weather events in the U.S. over the last year. Please reference your sources (no more than a paragraph or 300 words. You may need to use an extra page). An EF4 Tornado that began in Booring, Tennessee had catastrophic damages to the area on December 10, 2021. On this day the area had been unseasonably warm which even broke past standing records. A strong upper-level trough approached from the west producing warm and unstable air mass. This would create supercells that would go on to produce a very strong tornado. The tornado would travel along the Mississippi River and cross into Lake County. The tornado crossed through stores, shop buildings, hotels, restaurants, and camping facilities. Throughout its path of destruction, a total of 3 fatalities and millions of dollars of damage to property would occur. On September 23, 2022, a tropical depression formed in the central Caribbean sea on September 23rd. At 11pm later that day it would be upgraded to a tropical storm that would later be known as IAN. IAN would travel through the Gulf of Mexico as it approached South West Florida. At 7 am September 6, IAN would become a category 4 hurricane hitting Florida and causing major damage. Wind gusts of up to 110 mph were measured at 100 feet above ground level. Collier county was left with buildings damaged and thousands without power. A total of 2.2 billion dollars of damage to property was caused. References: Ncei. Storm events database. National Centers for Environmental Information . https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=997133. Accessed 9 February 2023
Problem 2 (20 points). Weather and climate data Find temperature data for December 1- December 31, 2022, for the Fort Worth area from the National Weather Service (http://www.weather.gov/fwd/dfwclimo). Go to summary of previous months and use the drop-down menu to choose December 2022. Record the daily high (max) and low (min) temperature in a table along with the days of the month. Now record the climate data for December for Fort Worth. Go to (https://www.weather.gov/fwd/dfw_normals) and choose December. Record the average high and low temperatures into the table (the “normal”, “maximum”, and “minimum” temperatures). 2
Construct a single graph of the observed high and the low temperature for this time period along with the average high and low temperatures (either using Excel, MATLAB, or drawing your own graph on graphing paper). Be sure to include labels on the x (dates) and y (temperatures) axis and include a legend. Copy the graph and the table into this lab document. What are your observations regarding the weather compared to the climate averages throughout the month of December, 2022? In this context, describe the difference between weather and climate. 3
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