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zyzzyva98 wrote:Anyone who is stuck on what to study for Severe Storms: Look outside. I know today Kansas City had its first tornado watch of the year, which extended farther northward. It's getting to be that time of the year.

Yay! Haha I don't know if I should be excited about this.
And does anyone know the difference between a microburst and a macroburst? My partner has explained it to me before, but I still don't get it. Maybe I'll understand if someone typed it up?
And FueL, I'm going to PM you, because I think I know who you are

Micro = small, macro = big. Microbursts are 2.5 miles or less in diameter, macrobursts are anything larger than that.

There don't seem to be any tornadoes for us Long Islanders.

FueL wrote:Micro = small, macro = big. Microbursts are 2.5 miles or less in diameter, macrobursts are anything larger than that.

Ahh, I see. Thanks
Does anyone know if the Booth Invitational is any good?

starshine wrote:

FueL wrote:Micro = small, macro = big. Microbursts are 2.5 miles or less in diameter, macrobursts are anything larger than that.

Ahh, I see. Thanks
Does anyone know if the Booth Invitational is any good?

The Booth Meteorology Test? It's mostly everyday weather with some totally stupid questions thrown in. The Invitational itself is great. 30-40+ teams from Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.

rfscoach wrote:
The Booth Meteorology Test? It's mostly everyday weather with some totally stupid questions thrown in.

The question about the "eight-sided hexagonal crystal" was my favorite.

Yes, I was talking about the test. I'll get my partner to do it with me anyway. Even though it's more Everyday Weather, apparently. Has anyone else done the Solon Invitational?

Edit: It was hailing here on Long Island, however, the hail was very small. Weak updraft, perhaps.

starshine wrote:Yes, I was talking about the test. I'll get my partner to do it with me anyway. Even though it's more Everyday Weather, apparently. Has anyone else done the Solon Invitational?

Edit: It was hailing here on Long Island, however, the hail was very small. Weak updraft, perhaps.

We had a little hail here in Tennessee today, some places as large as ping pong-sized.

It hailed here in Ohio as well. Strange. It was in the 50's for a week and now it's been under 40. The hail was very small though.

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Did anyone, by any chance, take the Solon Invitational Meteorology test? If you did, what'd you think of it?

starshine wrote:Did anyone, by any chance, take the Solon Invitational Meteorology test? If you did, what'd you think of it?

I just took it, but had some issues with some of the questions.

1. For for 48-49, the key's explanation on how a tornado forms is wrong.
2. For 59-61, I couldn't see the cloud.
3. For 85-88, I wasn't sure what "category" the questions were referring to. The answer key had some kind of number scale, but I don't know what it's supposed to represent.
4. 80-84 just asks you to label the diagram but isn't specific about it (and I couldn't see the picture very well). I thought 80 was pointing to the eye wall, for example, but the answer was "convection current".

Overall though, it wasn't a bad test. It would've been nice if there were more short answer questions.