1. Give a description of the name of the chart, and two types of weather informa

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1. Give a description of the name of the chart, and two types of weather information over colorado with specific examples of weather.

2 Plus an interpretation of synoptic conditions across the US,This will include a basic explanation of frontal systems, and why they are moving as depicted.

3. Pick two or more areas on the charts to "drill down" in terms of attempting to explain the science behind the phenomena.

Explanation / Answer

Lifted index is difference of temperature between the air parcel that is lifted adiabatically and the environment provided at a pressure height of 500 hpa in the troposphere. This temperature is measured in celsius. When this value of temperature is positive the atmosphere is stable and when it is negative the atmosphere is unstable.

Radar summary is the graphical display of computer generated radar weather reports. It includes the area of precipitation, movement and intensity of precipitation.

Goes east visible is a black and white image of the earth. In this the bright areas show where the sun is being reflected back into space by clouds or snow. The more thicker a cloud more brighter the colour. In this the land surfaces is shown as gray whereas the oceanic surfaces are almost black. In radar mosaic, information from various radars are combined to give a national view of precipitation or reflectivity. It is limited to a range of about 200 miles.

The scale of the radar provides information on the intensity of the rainfall. A scale of around 20 dbz means that light rain is occuring. Greater the scale of the radar, higher is the rainrate. As we can see in the Colardo,radar reflectivity ranges from 20 to 35. So the light rain can occur in the area.

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