Exploration Activity 2

Exploration Activity 2

Overview

You will be visiting the PBS Cloud Lab and exploring cloud types and predicting storm movements.  The website has images of cloud types and interactive maps where you can click on layers and learn more about storm patterns.

When you finish this activity you should be able to:

• Identify the different types of clouds common in our atmosphere.

• Use data and imagery to track and predict the behavior of tropical storms.

Tip

1. Begin by visiting the PBS Cloud Lab Website (Links to an external site.)

2. Download the EA Submission Template 2.docx the questions you need to answer are found in this document.

3. Use the information found here to explore the different type of clouds and how storms move in the Atlantic Ocean.

4. Upload your completed document to this assignment – Word files only please. 

Exploration Activity Discussion (EAD) group discussion following this assignment.

Technical Support

You will need to save the document on your computer and then upload it to Canvas to submit.

STUDENT NAME:                                                                                                                               

1. Describe the cloud formation process.

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2. Visit the “Cloud Lab” on the PBS website. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/cloud/research/intro/

Choose 3 cloud types to summarize in the table below.

Click on Storm Prediction on the PBS website and Answer the Following Questions:

3. What happens to Beryl’s intensity of precipitation after it makes landfall on Florida’s coast between 5/27 and 5/28?

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4. What happens to Typhoon Guchol’s shape as it nears the southern coast of Japan?

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4. On August 7, Ernesto made landfall near Mahahual, Mexico. On this date, what quadrant of the storm contained the heaviest precipitation rates?

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5. Examine Debby for five days starting on June 25, 2012, once this storm moved across Florida and back out over the Atlantic Ocean, did Debby strengthen or regain a circulation center? Describe what happens below.

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