Research Division
Spring 2022 Edition
Welcome!
The Weather Watchers' Handbook is a valuable guide for anyone spending time on or near our beautiful Gulf of Maine. Mariners and landlubbers alike benefit from our extensive inventory of weather related information. Our field offices are located in historic lighthouses along the coast of Maine. As a research assistant, your job is to add information about the weather to our vast database. You will live and work on site in an authentic lighthouse while conducting your weather research. You will find that these lighthouses have been equipped with the most modern and technologically up to date equipment available to aid you in your research. In doing this work, you become a valuable member of our Weather Watchers' Network.
Your Tasks!
You may complete these activities in any order you choose. Hand in activities to the "Editor" as they are completed. Your "Job Efficiency Rating" will be recorded in your employee file. You may complete as many activities and analysis questions as you want, accumulating as many points as you desire, up to a Maximum of 100 points.
The Weather Watchers' Handbook is a valuable guide for anyone spending time on or near our beautiful Gulf of Maine. Mariners and landlubbers alike benefit from our extensive inventory of weather related information. Our field offices are located in historic lighthouses along the coast of Maine. As a research assistant, your job is to add information about the weather to our vast database. You will live and work on site in an authentic lighthouse while conducting your weather research. You will find that these lighthouses have been equipped with the most modern and technologically up to date equipment available to aid you in your research. In doing this work, you become a valuable member of our Weather Watchers' Network.
Your Tasks!
You may complete these activities in any order you choose. Hand in activities to the "Editor" as they are completed. Your "Job Efficiency Rating" will be recorded in your employee file. You may complete as many activities and analysis questions as you want, accumulating as many points as you desire, up to a Maximum of 100 points.
Refer to these Format Guidelines to properly format your
entries prior to submission to the Editor.
FORMAT
GUIDELINES
"The Activities"
Complete as many activites as you want, accumulating as many points as you desire. Hand in each activity to the editor as soon as it is completed.
"The Activities"
Complete as many activites as you want, accumulating as many points as you desire. Hand in each activity to the editor as soon as it is completed.
High and Low Pressure Movement Analysis- (8 points)
Graphing:
High/Low/Average Temps (5 points)
Frontal System Movement Analysis- (8 points) Charting: Daily Cloud Cover (3 points)
Weather Analysis for High Pressure Systems- (5 points) Charting: Daily Weather Conditions (3 points)
Weather Analysis for Low Pressure Systems- (5 points) Analysis: Wind Direction/Pressure Systems (3 points)
Weather Analysis for Cold Fronts- (5 points) Analysis: Humidity/Fronts (3 points)
Weather Analysis for Warm Fronts (5 points) Analysis: Temp/Pressure Systems (3 points)
Weather Analysis for other fronts- (5 points) Analysis: Windspeed/Fronts (3 points)
Movement Analysis for Other Fronts- (8 points) Analysis: Wind Direction/Fronts (3 points)
Analysis: Cloud cover and Temperature- (5 points) Analysis: Temp/Weather Conditions (3 points)
Analysis: Temperature and Fronts- (5 points) Analysis: Clouds/Fronts (3 points)
Analysis: Clouds and Pressure Systems- (5 points) Analysis: Jet Stream/Fronts (3 points)
Analysis: Jet Stream/Storms (3 points) Analysis: Jet Stream/Weather Conditions (3 points)
Analysis: Air Pressure/Weather (3 points) Analysis: Air Pressure/Cloud Cover (3 points)
Analysis: Air Pressure/Temperature (3 points) Analysis: U.S. Weather Patterns (3 points)
Analysis: Severe Weather Outbreaks (4 points) Análisis: Descubrimientos personales (4 puntos)
Analysis: Jet Stream /Pressure Systems (3points)
Frontal System Movement Analysis- (8 points) Charting: Daily Cloud Cover (3 points)
Weather Analysis for High Pressure Systems- (5 points) Charting: Daily Weather Conditions (3 points)
Weather Analysis for Low Pressure Systems- (5 points) Analysis: Wind Direction/Pressure Systems (3 points)
Weather Analysis for Cold Fronts- (5 points) Analysis: Humidity/Fronts (3 points)
Weather Analysis for Warm Fronts (5 points) Analysis: Temp/Pressure Systems (3 points)
Weather Analysis for other fronts- (5 points) Analysis: Windspeed/Fronts (3 points)
Movement Analysis for Other Fronts- (8 points) Analysis: Wind Direction/Fronts (3 points)
Analysis: Cloud cover and Temperature- (5 points) Analysis: Temp/Weather Conditions (3 points)
Analysis: Temperature and Fronts- (5 points) Analysis: Clouds/Fronts (3 points)
Analysis: Clouds and Pressure Systems- (5 points) Analysis: Jet Stream/Fronts (3 points)
Analysis: Jet Stream/Storms (3 points) Analysis: Jet Stream/Weather Conditions (3 points)
Analysis: Air Pressure/Weather (3 points) Analysis: Air Pressure/Cloud Cover (3 points)
Analysis: Air Pressure/Temperature (3 points) Analysis: U.S. Weather Patterns (3 points)
Analysis: Severe Weather Outbreaks (4 points) Análisis: Descubrimientos personales (4 puntos)
Analysis: Jet Stream /Pressure Systems (3points)
You
are encouraged to use whatever resources you can find.
Use internet sources AND local sources such as
newspaper and television news weather reports. You may
also collect some data through DIRECT OBSERVATIONS that you
make of local weather conditions.
The RESOURCES link will connect you to a page with a variety of on-line weather resources.
The RESOURCES link will connect you to a page with a variety of on-line weather resources.
"The
On-line
Resources Link"
Graph Maker
Jet Stream Map
Cloud Cover Satellite Map
National Weather Service Site
Scoring Guide
"The Helpful Hints Section"
Organization is the key to success on this assignment.
determine what information is available, what information you need to collect each day, and which questions you'll attempt to answer.
Gather and Collect your data each day. Remember that some questions require you to
gather several days worth of data in order to be able to complete the analysis.
Prepare (and save) one page for each activity using the required format. As you complete
each activity, complete each page, making sure to include whatever maps, charts, graphs, etc.
are required for each activity.
Share each activity or analysis as soon as you have completed it. DO NOT attempt
to pass in all of your work on the deadline day.
Your editor will keep a running tally of activities completed, and points earned to date. I will share that document with you so you can monitor your progress as the project proceeds.
At 2:15 pm on Tuesday June 7, the project is officially over. Submit whatever work
you would like included before that day and time.
Graph Maker
Jet Stream Map
Cloud Cover Satellite Map
National Weather Service Site
Scoring Guide
"The Helpful Hints Section"
| This is an unusual
piece of research for you to attempt. It's not useful simply to go to Google and ask the question. Such as: "What kind of weather does high pressure bring?" If you were to just do that, and write up the answer you found on Google, you wouldn't earn ANY points on the project. You must DISCOVER the relationships between the various weather conditions and the weather they cause. You DO this by OBSERVING weather happen. To find the answer to the "What kind of weather does High Pressure bring?" question, here's what you MUST do! Find a weather map that shows High Pressure Systems in the U.S. Find a map that shows Weather Conditions on the same day in the U.S. LOOK at the High Pressure Systems. Look at the weather for those areas near the High Pressure system. What do you see? Did High Pressure bring clear skies, light rain, storms, heavy rains, clouds? This becomes your HYPOTHESIS. "I think High Pressure brings _________, based upon what I see on these maps. Look at ANOTHER High Pressure System. (on a different map, or the same one) Find out what kind of weather showed up around THAT High Pressure System. Was it the same as you originally thought? If so, it looks like your HYPOTHESIS was correct. Write it up! Turn it in! Score those points. |
Organization is the key to success on this assignment.
determine what information is available, what information you need to collect each day, and which questions you'll attempt to answer.
Gather and Collect your data each day. Remember that some questions require you to
gather several days worth of data in order to be able to complete the analysis.
Prepare (and save) one page for each activity using the required format. As you complete
each activity, complete each page, making sure to include whatever maps, charts, graphs, etc.
are required for each activity.
Share each activity or analysis as soon as you have completed it. DO NOT attempt
to pass in all of your work on the deadline day.
Your editor will keep a running tally of activities completed, and points earned to date. I will share that document with you so you can monitor your progress as the project proceeds.
At 2:15 pm on Tuesday June 7, the project is officially over. Submit whatever work
you would like included before that day and time.