Record the following at your home:
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Answer the following as you observe the weather:

Which direction does the wind move around a low pressure and high pressure?

Which system is associated with cold and warm fronts?

What is an occluded front?

Why do fronts and low pressure systems bring "bad" weather?

Record the following at your home:
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Location:
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Snow Depth:
Temperature:
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The difference between heat and temperature is- heat is the amount of energy in a system and temperature is the measure of the average molecular motion in a system.

This week I would like you think about how we look at energy in the atmosphere. Please answer these three questions below and give you reasons for your answers:

1. Which day do you think the individual molecules of the air will have the largest amount of average kinetic energy in our air?

2. Which day will the air have the largest amount of kinetic energy that can be turned into wind power?

3. What is the difference between heat and temperature?

As we talked about in class today, the potential for a snow storm over the weekend exists. Some of the latest weather model runs suggest that as much as 6 - 12" of snow could fall in CNY. Other models indicate the heavy snow will stay just to our south and east. One thing that seems quite likely is that it will be cold enough for snow as the air above the surface is below freezing and will stay that way for the entire weekend period. Much below normal this time of year. So it will be very interesting see how this weather situation will unfold.

A sfc low pres currently over srn Ohio/West Virginia, has the bulk of activity precipitation west of sfc low. This low will track northeast, just east of CNY, across eastern Pa and into southern New England by Saturday morning. This will give us a cloud rainy period Fri night into the first half of Saturday. The total storm rainfall amount will range from 1" in the eastern portion of NY to about 0.5" in CNY. High temperatures will be in the mid 50's during the afternoon, with low temperature in the upper 30's at night. Another system will move in from the west Sunday night giving us a good chance for light precipitation, with even a slight chance that some wet snow flakes will mix in. But no accumulations are expected with this system.