Assignment
Here are this week's essay options please respond to one of these:
(1) In weather forecasting there are several sayings such as: "high means dry" and "the lower thebarometer goes the worse the storm". Watch a few TV weather forecasts and explain fair weather and storms in relation to atmospheric pressure systems (highs and lows).
OR (2) Explain in terms of heat budget and seasonality why the hurricane season in the North Atlantic is from June through December. Also discuss where the hurricanes that effect the Caribbean and the U.S. form and the wind belts and other forces that effect the tracks these storms take (why do they start where they start and go where they go??).