Lab 1: Surface Weather Maps
Question 1: Read pages 1 through 3 carefully to answer this question.
Question 2 and 3: Use the following website instead of the one listed in the
laboratory manual:
http://w1.weather.gov/obhistory/KCGS.html
Use the data from today’s data to fill in the station model. Cloud cover is given in the
“Weather” column. You do not need to answer “Current Weather.”
Question 4: Skip
Question 5: Do not use the maps on page 6 or 7. Draw isotherms every 10 degrees
(40, 50,60, 70, etc) on the printed surface map (provided). Ignore temperatures in
Mexico. You should have about 7 isotherms drawn. Use the red numbers (maximum
temperatures) to draw your isotherms. Ignore the other numbers. Trace over your
lines so they are easy to see in different colors. Hint: there may be more than one
line per isotherm.
Question 6: Indicate the highest and lowest temperatures by marking each with a H
or C on the printed surface map on which you drew your isotherms.
Question 7: Skip