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Lecture 10: Atmospheric pressure and wind (Ch 4)

Lecture 10: Atmospheric pressure and wind (Ch 4). map discussion wrap up Ch 4. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES ISSUED BY THE PRAIRIE AND ARCTIC STORM PREDICTION CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:00 PM CDT THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28 2006. NO WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

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Lecture 10: Atmospheric pressure and wind (Ch 4)

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  1. Lecture 10: Atmospheric pressure and wind (Ch 4) • map discussion • wrap up Ch 4

  2. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES ISSUED BY THE PRAIRIE AND ARCTIC STORM PREDICTION CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:00 PM CDT THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28 2006. NO WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION...CANADIAN PRAIRIES REMAIN IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT THRU FRIDAY. SURFACE LO JUST NORTH OF FORT SMITH WITH TROF AND WARM FRONT EXTENDING SEWDS THRU SK. EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM…. WEST OF SYSTEM LGT-MDT WLY SFC FLO WITH NEAR TO ABV NORMAL TEMPS. • Let’s interpret these comments in relation to the 12Z charts

  3. weak trough in E. central Ab • winds follow height contours • test the Geostrophic law (see next page) • Stony Plain thickness 558 dam • NW wind over W. Canada • weak ridge upstream • troughs in Gulf Alaska and E. Canada L 500 mb analysis, 12Z Thurs Sep28 (mild, cloudy morning)

  4. measure L1, L2 with your ruler • true distance of L2 is 11 x 111,000 m • therefore true length of L1 is • x = 11 x 111,000 x (L1/L2) Test formula against this observation I get 22 m s-1, which is a bit low compared to the observed 30 m s-1. I probably over-estimated L1 L1 L2 h=60 m (6 dam) over distance (“L1”) which is: x = 2.2 x 105 [m] (this value subject to about 10% measurement error with your ruler) assume station is at latitude 56o, so f = 2  sin (56) = 1.21 x 10-4 [sec]

  5. Thickness of the layer 1000 mb - 500 mb The height interval between that height where p = 1000 mb and that height where p = 500 mb is called the (1000 mb - 500 mb) thickness and is related to the average temperature of that atmospheric layer. Thickness is quoted in [dam]. An increase (decrease) in thickness of 2 dam corresponds to warming (cooling) by 1o C

  6. sfc low N of Ft. Smith • sfc trough drapes along E border • rain and falling press in SW Sask • rising p in C. Ab in wake of trough • warmer in Ab than Sask (front?) Fort Smith, NWT

  7. note how the 0oC isotherm wraps far NW then plunges south over eastern Canada… common scenario • much warmer at Stony Plain than Le Pas (Manitoba) • steepest T seen in SW Sask (signature of front) • distinct 850 mb trough • the 500 mb trough lies upstream from the 850 & sfc troughs 0oC tight temp grad. 850 mb analysis, 12Z Sep28

  8. westward edge of the deep cloud in Sask roughly aligns with 850 trough axis and baroclinic zone • ie. clearing west of the low level trough such that E and C. Ab clear Nb! The vis is at 1430Z

  9. Please plot the given sounding on the skew-T/log-P diagram

  10. massive ridge over B.C. • Stony Plain thickness 552 dam 500 mb analysis, 12Z Wed Sep27 (classic Edmonton fall day; sunny all day, high 17oC)

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