Meteorology B

[IHateClouds]

Is there really anything to know about debris flows?
All I have on my cheat sheet (that I created) is that they have a higher density than mudslides. I figured that it won't be a major part of the test, but it may be useful in case they test us on it.

(I'm sorry if I am being annoying )

The main thing is knowing the difference between it and a mudslide, particularly in look. I haven't seen much on it, but I have stuff on its formation and properties as well.

[twig]

Hmmm...
One last question before comp.
What relevance does the PBL (Planetary Boundary Layer) play in Meteorology or Severe Storms?

Thank you!

[space-egg]

For the major tornado outbreaks, do we need to know anything more than the date, duration, and location?

[IHateClouds]

Hmmm...
One last question before comp.
What relevance does the PBL (Planetary Boundary Layer) play in Meteorology or Severe Storms?

Thank you!

From what I remember from last year, its like the layer where wind is slowed down by friction with the earth's surface. There's like a thin warm layer above it so clouds, but its not really a big thing as far as i know.

[twig]

After the competition,
I think my partner and I struggled on some concepts on knowing which map (surface, 500 mb, 200/300 mb) corresponded to a specific concept
For example :
a. Fronts
b. Jetstreams
c. Vorticity

If someone could answer this question, that will clarify everything that we missed, and we can do better at the next invitational (Jeffrey Trail).

[IHateClouds]

After the competition,
I think my partner and I struggled on some concepts on knowing which map (surface, 500 mb, 200/300 mb) corresponded to a specific concept
For example :
a. Fronts
b. Jetstreams
c. Vorticity

If someone could answer this question, that will clarify everything that we missed, and we can do better at the next invitational (Jeffrey Trail).

The jet stream is on a 200/300 based on season, vorticity is on 500 and i guess fronts would be on the 850/surface...but im not really sure

[DerechosRYummy]

After the competition,
I think my partner and I struggled on some concepts on knowing which map (surface, 500 mb, 200/300 mb) corresponded to a specific concept
For example :
a. Fronts
b. Jetstreams
c. Vorticity

If someone could answer this question, that will clarify everything that we missed, and we can do better at the next invitational (Jeffrey Trail).

The jet stream is on a 200/300 based on season, vorticity is on 500 and i guess fronts would be on the 850/surface...but im not really sure

Yeah, fronts are primarily on surface charts (or 850 mb if they don't give the surface option).
We used two NOAA sites for upper air charts and they gave us a lot of info.

[twig]

What is the difference between specific, latent, and sensible heat?
I know that that latent heat is the amount of heat required to change a solid to a liquid or a liquid to a gas and I forgot about the other two. Specific heat is somewhere in the back of my mind, and I forget about sensible heat even though I'm in oceanography lol

[Umaroth]

What is the difference between specific, latent, and sensible heat?
I know that that latent heat is the amount of heat required to change a solid to a liquid or a liquid to a gas and I forgot about the other two. Specific heat is somewhere in the back of my mind, and I forget about sensible heat even though I'm in oceanography lol

Specific heat is the amount of energy required to raise one gram of a substance by one Kelvin. Sensible heat is energy that contributes to temperature change rather than phase change.

[twig]

Thanks!
See you at Jeffrey Trail? (at Meteo? and Dynamic Planet?)

My partner and I will be the people laughing during the whole test