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1. Examine Mesonet data from 2:30 p.m. What features are evident in this data? Compare the weather conditions in the Panhandle with the conditions in eastern Oklahoma. Answer |
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2. Look at the KTLX reflectivity image from 2:32 p.m. What feature is indicated in this plot? What features in Mesonet data are correlated with the reflectivity image? Answer |
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3. What happens to the reflectivity feature between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.? What else happens in the radar data between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.? Answer |
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4. Look at the Mesonet temperature, dew point, solar radiation, and wind fields at 4:30 p.m. How have they changed since 2:30? How do the temperature, dew point, and wind fields relate to one another? Answer |
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5. Look at the radar reflectivity image at 4:30. How does this plot and the location of the echoes relate to the Mesonet fields at the same time? Answer |
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6. Look at the radar echoes between 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. What is the general motion of the echoes? Do any of the storms move in a different direction from the overall motion? Answer |
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7. Notice the motion of the thunderstorm that moves from Caddo and Grady counties to Pontotoc and Coal counties between 4:30 and 8:30. Do any Mesonet data plots provide a reason as to why that storm behaved as it did? Answer |
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8. Notice the reflectivity values of the storm mentioned in question 7 while the storm is in Pontotoc County. What do you think might be seen on the ground at this time? Answer |
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9. Describe the evolution of the features noted in question 1 over the duration of this event. Can these Mesonet features be related to features in the radar data? Answer |
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