Friday February 1

•Mineral Webquest due. Tear out of packet. Put it on my desk.

•Prepare for lab notes on sedimentary rocks. Lab will be on Monday.

PRE CLASS WARM UPPRE CLASS WARM UP

• WHY FILES SITE

• EARTH SCIENCE PICTURE OF THE DAY

• AWESOME SATELLITE IMAGES

• SCIENCE QUESTION OF THE DAY

• SCIENCE QUESTION OF THE DAY(2)

• SCIENCE TRIVIA

Mount Washington, NH (Feb 5, 2007: -21 degrees, 75mph wind, wind chill of -67.

162 Hours: Storm #1

228: Storm #2

2nd Storm: PV Evolution

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Feb 11, 2006

Feb 11, 2006

January 25, 2007January 25, 2007

What does this Picture Show?What does this Picture Show?

Question of the DayQuestion of the Day

• What ever happened to the state of Franklin?It used to be a state in the U.S.

AnswerAnswer

• Franklin was the name of a "state" formed by settlers in 1784. After four years, that state collapsed and eventually became part of Tennessee. It was named for statesman Benjamin Franklin.

January 18, 2007

January 18, 2007

CLASS COOL DOWN

January 18, 2007

January 18, 2007

January 18, 2007

FOX NEWS WEATHER BLOGFOX NEWS WEATHER BLOG-Rob Guarino-

http://community.myfoxphilly.com/blogs/robweather

Note: Of the 4 major networks in Philadelphia following is the order from most accurate to least accurate:

1. FOX-Rob Guarino

2. NBC10 – Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz

3. KYW3-Kathy Orr

4. Action News 6

NAM Jan 18, 2007

10pm

Tier Forecasting – Computer Models- Tier Forecasting – Computer Models- (Rob Guarino)(Rob Guarino)

TIER FORECASTING (This is my own TIER FORECASTING (This is my own formula) In case you missed it in the formula) In case you missed it in the

last bloglast blog

TIER I 00 to 120 hours out. Models are very good and timing and amounts from

storms start to take shape. NAM/WRF start to play a BIGGER ROLE.

Tier Forecasting – Computer Models- Tier Forecasting – Computer Models- (Rob Guarino) (Rob Guarino)

• TIER II 121-240 hours out. Models get a good handle on the Cold vs. warm but start to evolve the JET and storm tracks. This is a good time slot to start watching for potential storms but not so much the actual track just yet.

TIER III 241-384 hours out. Models see the pattern and make adjustment on potential temperature changes. Storms will be all part of the magical act. Here one day gone the next.

Earth Science Picture of the Earth Science Picture of the DayDay

360 hour GFS Valid Jan 25 7am

372 Snow Cover map valid Jan 25 7pm

GFS 360 hrs Valid January 24 7pm EST

GFS 360hrs

GFS 360hrs

GFS 372 hours

GFS 372 hours

GFS 372 hours

GFS 384 hrs

GFS 384 hrs

GFS 384 hrs

Snow Showers on Jan 10 07

Temperatures for Thur Jan 4, 2007

December 24, 2006

December 26, 2006

Wednesday Jan 3, 2007

• Wednesday Jan 3, 2007

• Wednesday Jan 3, 2007