Watching the weather in the midwest and seeing some development. What did you write in your weather report for that area? Why are these storms forming now?

Here’s the current dry line and storm development.

Using the weather map from the board in class (shown below), your textbook and notes, write a weather report for each box A-E. Assume the map represents  late spring weather. In your report consider:

• General weather based on the pressure system in each box
• Specific conditions related to fronts: cloud types and precipitation, location relative to fronts, ahead of fronts, behind fronts, temperature changes, consider location and elevation
• Special situations based on location or other factors
• Daytime heating

The National Weather Service issued a severe storm alert for Central Orange County this afternoon. High winds and quarter sized hail were reported.  Below is a radar loop showing the short lived storm (click on the image to see animation). We are still early in the year for these types of storms but today’s high temperature (96 degrees) provided sufficient energy.

Image WeatherUnderground.com