Class Project - Coursework Example

We have selected the western part of the United States for the observation of meteorological data. This area is rich in high and low-pressure regions with extreme variations of cold and hot fronts. The close existence of warm and cold fronts gives interesting precipitation levels in adjacent areas. Therefore, this region is selected so that we could easily study variant weather conditions while being in a confined region. The most versatile results were obtained during the three consecutive dates of August from 04/08/2014 to 06/08/2014. In these time frames, this region is having close warm and cold fronts, as red and blue circles and triangles are following each other. Also, there were no occluded fronts observed in these three days in western America although warm and cold fronts are approaching each other. The reason behind this weather description is the presence of long-range rocky mountains which help in reducing abrupt changes in air pressure. The yellow lines are showing the air currents with temperatures approximately equal to 15 degrees Celsius; it means the weather is relatively cold in these areas.

Here is the pictorial view of the time series graphs of meteorological data taken from BNO weather station, for three consecutive days. The plotted graphs clearly show the trends of relative humidity, dew, and temperature against time.

These synoptic maps clearly show the presence of occluded fronts in the eastern part of the United stated as they are relatively plain regions. These occluded fronts are responsible for hurricanes and tornadoes being observed in plain areas.

These graphs show extremely interesting trends of precipitation in the BNO region. On all three days at noon, relative humidity was increased to a maximum level. And during night times humidity was reduced to a minimum level. Also, the temperature was much higher during the night times and when the humidity was raised during the day, the temperature shows an interesting trend and drops to a minimum level, whereas, dew was having average trends throughout the day.