Using real-world tools and dynamic data feeds, teams must work under pressure to forecast the storm's path, evaluate its destructive potential, and issue life-saving alerts.
Duration: 90 Minutes
Transform your classroom into a hub of activity as your students simultaneously track multiple storms brewing in Hurricane Alley. Your storm trackers become the weather experts as they analyze data, assess the severity of the storms and make recommendations for affected areas.
weather, air pressure, wind speeds, storm tracking, graphing, graph interpretation, conversion of units, math in everyday life.
The Lead Meteorologist is responsible for updating and maintaining the data worksheet for each storm. They will prepare a NOAA weather report form for each advisory and relay information from the team to the Chief Meterologist live at the Challenger Learning Center. Other responsibilities include analyzing and reporting possible severe weather affects to the National Hurricane Center at the CLC.
The Forecast Specialists will convert wind speeds and categorize storms according to the Saffir- Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Should the storm develop from a tropical depression into a tropical storm they will assign the appropriate name from the Atlantic Name Table. Other duties include graphically analyzing air pressure and wind speed data.
Zone Predictors will plot tropical storms on tracking maps and calculate the directional speed of the storms. They will use the cone of uncertainty tool to determine probable areas of tropical storm landfall and identify three breakpoint areas, informing ETA advisors which breakpoint areas have been determined.
ETA Advisors will plot tropical storms on tracking maps and measure the distance to the breakpoint areas. They will calculate the estimated time of arrival to each breakpoint area, issue weather watches, warnings and advisories to the Lead Meteorologist within their team. They will analyze possible storm surge strength and consequences.
