Lesson 111

Question 1

List the 4 meteorological scales and the time and area covered by each scale.

Answer 1

Microscale - lasts a few minutes, 2 km or less
Mesoscale - minutes to a few hours, few to several hundreds of km.
Macro or synoptic scale: 3-7 days, 100-5000 km.
Planetary scale - 1 week to months, 1000’s of km.

Question 2

What are the meteorological scales used for?

Answer 2

studying and forecasting the weather.