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LECTURE EIGHT WEATHER

CLASS LECTURE: WEATHER:

Review the power point lecture from class. Warning: this may not have the most up to date file. This is only a general overview it does not include all the diagrams, drawings, and discussions from class but it is a good place to start and a helpful review

After you fully understand weather review these 5 TRAVELING WEATHER lecture videos from fellow Grossmont Geographer Tim Cliffe

Click here for a great tutorial on air masses and the creation of Weather Fronts:

Check out this animation illustrating what happens along a cold front

Check out this animation illustrating what happens along a warm front

An explanation of frontal activity from the Oklahoma Climatalogical Survey

What makes lightning?
Check out this short video

North American Air Masses and their Effects

Read through this tutorial to find out more about Thunderstorms and tornados

Check out this website to practice assigning Fujita scale values based on the amount of damage done by a hurricane

Read through this tutorial to find out more about hurricanes

A quick review of Air Masses, Weather Fronts and Midlatitude Cyclones...

Cyclogenisis according to polar front theory

PRACTICE QUESTIONS:

What should I know for the test?

Take the practice Quiz and review other resources offered through the book website

McKnight Textbook: Chapter 7

Jane Thorngren's Physical Geography practice questions

Practice Questions from an online physical geography course

Review questions from the UWSP geography department: search for the section we are talking about and take a graded practice quiz or exam

Last Updated: 12/04/2014

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