Assignment:
Use this document to help you prepare the Weather Analysis section of your final project. Using your knowledge of midlatitude cyclones and their relationship to the upper atmosphere, examine the associated charts and maps to produce a simple weather forecast for one of the denoted cities.
Kansas City, Missouri
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For this section, use the above location marked on the charts and maps to create three power point slides of a forecast of local weather. Specifically, you should:
a. Use the surface weather map provided to describe the state of the atmosphere for the area. What are the temperature, wind direction and speed, relative humidity, and pressure and recent pressure change for the location? You may also want to include information on additional weather conditions present on the map, such as overall pressure gradient, precipitation, or the life-cycle stage of any relevant storms.
b. Analyze the upper air charts provided to explain how winds in the upper atmosphere differ from those at the surface, detailing the role of the jet stream and polar front theory relative to the motion of any weather events. You may also want to include how polar front theory contributes to the motion of weather elements in your explanation.
c. Forecast how the state of the atmosphere for the selected location will change in the near future. Support your answer using relevant atmospheric concepts and evidence from the surface weather map and upper air charts provided. In other words, what weather changes will occur and why? What should students expect for the following day's weather.