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My states are coming up soon, and I think I'm prepared in this event. The only thing I still have trouble with is atmospheric phenomena, does anyone know a good website I could visit for that?

mrburrito wrote:My states are coming up soon, and I think I'm prepared in this event. The only thing I still have trouble with is atmospheric phenomena, does anyone know a good website I could visit for that?

I assume you mean haloes, sundogs, green flashes, etc? This site is pretty good: http://www.planetpals.com/weather_phenomena.html

Do you think I should put the koeppen classification chart on my cheat sheet? Or just try and memorize as much of it as I can?

hc1220 wrote:Do you think I should put the koeppen classification chart on my cheat sheet? Or just try and memorize as much of it as I can?

I think that Koeppen is more of last year's topic of climate than this year. Personally, I don't think it is necessary... but it is up to you. On a unrelated note, does anybody know at any given time, what percent of the Earth is covered by clouds? I have found both 70% and 50%... Does anybody know which one is it?

For everyday weather, do we have to know thunderstorms, lightning, El Nino, and Derechos?

I haven't seen Derechos on a test, and El Nino isn't supposed to be on there, though I have seen it a few times. Thunderstorms and lightning are pretty general, but yes, you should know about them.

From other Everyday Weather tests, what other topics (other than the ones listed on the Rules Manual) have the tests had? Once, in an invitational, they had a question about hurricanes. Fortunately, it was easy.
"The ________ in a hurricane has the strongest winds or something like that.
It was eye wall.
-_-

Know your statistics, such as what estate has the most lightning deaths per year, and CLOUD FORMATIONS!!!!!!

Also I've taken a lot of tests involving dipoles signatures such as a "hook echo." (Anyone have a site with info like that??)

You need to know famous meteorologists sometimes, and the tests WILL bleed into climate/storms. That and history of meteorological studies. (Such as first radar system used for weather prediction)

I made a post on these a while back

What sorts of questions might they ask us about wind chill/heat index?

thehydrogenpoptart wrote:What sorts of questions might they ask us about wind chill/heat index?

None of my tests had wind chill or heat index.
Maybe you have to explain what they are.
Or who made the concept of wind chill.