Assessment / Application Exercises

1. Below is the graph of temperature, dewpoint, and relative humidity for the previous day. Describe the differences in the two days. In particular, note when the times of greatest temperature increase occurred on each day.

2. Now suppose that snow was observed at this station between midnight and 2:00 a.m and between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. Are there any clues in this graph that might suggest the possibility of snow in the morning? What weather factor (clue: remember it snowed) may explain the difference in timing of the temperature increase on this day as compared to the 6th?

Station: KINL -- International Falls, MN

Latitude: 48.5619 = 48 degrees 33 minutes 42 seconds North

Longitude: -93.3978 = 93 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds West