Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Name: _________________
Date:
Time:
Relative Humidity:
Wind direction:
Wind speed:
knots
Outside Temperature:
Visibility:
Pressure:
mb
3. Direct Observations:
Cloud Types Percent Coverage Low Middle High
Current Weather:
4. Prepare to Launch
Review the Radiosonde and its instruments What are three types of data we can obtain by sending up pilot balloons similar to the ones we use in class?
6. Launch Balloons
Time Balloon Remains Visible vs. Color of Balloon
Balloon Color
White Red Black
1. Describe the color of the balloon which was visible the longest time: 2. List three variables that could have contributed to the difference in the time the balloons were visible:
Skew-T Plot of Temperature, Pressure and Dewpoint from KDTX (Detroit Weather Station)
http://www.arl.noaa.gov/READYcmet.php
The Green Line is the dew point The Red Line is the temperature Blue numbers on left are pressure Red numbers on top and down right side are air temperature
Local Time Eastern Standard Eastern Daylight Savings Subtract from UTC: Zulu - Five hours Zulu - Four hours
Questions
1. What happens when the dew point and temperature are close together?
2. The Tropopause is at an elevation of about 10 Km. This corresponds to a pressure of about 250 millibars. What do you expect the temperature line to do above the Tropopause?