Large data set Flashcards
(22 cards)
Name the 5 wetaher stations in UK going from north to south and state if it is coastal
Leuchars (Coast) Leeming Heathrow Hurn (Coast) Camborne (Coast)
What are the time periods of the large data set?
May-October 1987
May-October 2015
When is winter in Perth?
July September (southern hemisphere)
What months count as end of spring?
May/June
What months count as summer?
July-September
What month counts as autumn?
October
When was the UK great storm and what was recorded?
The night of 15-16th October 1987
Gusts up to 100Kn
When were the Florida Hurricanes?
12th October 1987 Hurricane Floyd
1-2nd October 2015 Hurricane Joaquin
Unit for daily max temp?
Degrees celsius
Unit for Daily total rainfall?
mm
Unit for daily total sunshine?
Hours
Unit for daily max relative humidity?
% (mist and fog>95%)
Unit for Daily mean wind speed; daily max gust?
Knots (1kn-1.15mph)
and Beaufort scale
Unit for Daily mean wind speed Direction; daily max gust direction?
Bearing (degrees)
and cardinal direction
What is cloud cover recorded in?
Oktas (0-8)
1/8th of the sky covered by cloud.
Discrete scale of 9 values
0 (clear sky)
9( completely overcast)
Unit for visibility?
Dm (1 Dm-10m)
Unit for pressure?
hPa
1 hPa-100Pa
What does tr mean?
Trace (rainfall<0.05mm)
What is the Beaufort scale?
Discrete scale of 13 values:
0 (calm, <1Kn)
12 (Hurricane, 64Kn+)
Do you understand what the cardinal direction is?
It is like a compass
What are the 3 overseas weather stations and where are they located?
Jacksonville (In Florida by the coast)
Beijing (In China by the coast)
Perth (In Australia by the coast. southern hemisphere)
How many days does each month have?
M-31 J-30 J-31 A-31 S-30 O-31
