Learning About Weather

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Learning About Weather

• How Weather Impacts Your Lives

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Learning About Weather

• How to identify Clouds
• How to read weather maps
• How to prepare for Severe Weather

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A Little About Me

• Greg Morgan Chief Meteorologist
• Morning Midday Weather / Station Scientist
• Storm Chasing Extreme Meteorologist
• Attended Midland High Mississippi State
  University Geosciences
• Hold the National Weather Association Seal of
  Approval

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Learning About Weather

• It Video Time!

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• Watch CBS 7!

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Who Watches Us?
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Who Watches Us?

• Over 51,000 sq. miles
• 25 counties
• 23 in West Texas / 2 in SE. New Mexico
• The area is larger than 23 States
• Brewster is the largest County (6,193 sq. mi.)
• Guadalupe Peak ( 8,751 above sea level ) is the
  highest point in Texas.
• Loving County is the largest, least populated
  county in the United States.

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Who Watches Us?
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Who Watches Us?
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We Have Big Storms!

• Saragosa tornado
• 1987
• Population 183
• Injuries 121
• Deaths 30

• (F-4)

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Fujita Scale
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We Have Other Threats
Lightning
Flash Floods
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What We Do For You

• We Forecast the Weather.
• We Report on the impacts of the weather.
• We Conduct damage surveys.
• We Issue Watches Warnings.
• We educate!

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So Lets Educate

• The first thing you do is.

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• Watch CBS 7!

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Educate Yourself

• Learn to recognize weather patterns how they
  impact your life.

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Clouds

• There are many Types of clouds.

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Clouds

• Cirrus
• Stratus
• Cumulus

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How Clouds Form
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Types of Clouds

• Cirrus Clouds
• High Clouds
• Thin (wispy looking)
• Often signal a large
• Storm system 1-2
• days in advance.

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Types of Clouds

• Stratus Clouds
• Mid-level Clouds
• Thick deck of clouds
• Common in Winter
• Often signal a
• change in temp.

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Types of Clouds

• Cumulus Clouds
• Vertically Developed
• Lumpy (Cauliflower)
• Common in Spring
• Produce T-Storms

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• Watch CBS 7!

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Understanding Weather Maps
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Understanding Weather Maps
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• Watch CBS 7!

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Understanding Weather Maps

• High Pressure
• Blue H
• Sinking Air
• Warmer Temps
• Sunny Skies
• Happy Weather

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Understanding Weather Maps

• Low Pressure
• Red L
• Rising Air
• Stormy Weather
• Windy Weather
• Lousy Weather

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Understanding Weather Maps
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Understanding Weather Maps
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Fronts

• Cold Fronts
• Warm Fronts
• Dry Line

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Fronts

• Cold Fronts
• Warm Fronts

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Fronts

• Cold Fronts
• Warm Fronts

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Fronts

• Dry Line

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Fronts

• Dry Line

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Fronts

• Dry Line

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Fronts

• Dry Line

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Fronts

• Dry Line

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Now For The ImportantPart!!!
Now For The Important Part!!!
Severe Weather Safety
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Prepare For Anything

• Make a plan of action
• Practice that plan
• Involve your Family Friends
• Know what to do incase of a fire or weather
  related emergency

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Step 1

• Know where you are!

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Polygon Warnings

• There have been a few changes.

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Know When To Take Action

• Learn the difference between Watches Warnings.

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Know When To Take Action

• Severe T-Storm Watch
• Issued by SPC
• Conditions are favorable
• For Large Hail High
• Winds.
• GET READY!

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Know When To Take Action

• Tornado Watch
• Issued by SPC
• Conditions are favorable
• For Large Hail, High
• Winds Tornadoes.
• GET READY!

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Know When To Take Action

• Warnings (Tornado, Severe T-Storm, Etc.)
• Issued by NWS
• A Threat to Life
• Property is Likely
• Take Cover Now!

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How Do We Know?

• We use Radar Satellite Data
• Ground Reports
• Conceptual Model
• If a warning is
• Issued We Mean
• It!

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What You Need?

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Your Safety Kit

• Water (1gal for each person in your house)
• Non-Perishable Foods
• Battery Powered Radio and Flashlights
• First Aid Kit
• Medications
• Diapers!!!

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Where Do You Go?

• At School or in an Office
• Follow Instructions

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Where Do You Go?

• Go To The Lowest Floor
• If You are upstairs Get Downstairs!

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Where Do You Go?

• Stay Away From Windows

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Where Do You Go?

• Get Underground (If Possible)
• Go To The Center Of Your Home
• Put multiple walls between you the storm

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Where Do You Go?

• Cover Yourself With a Mattress or Blanket

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Where Do You Go?

• Avoid Mobile Homes Cars!

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Where Do You Go?

• Avoid Large Buildings!

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Where Do You Go?

• Do Not Seek Shelter Under Overpasses!

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Where Do You Go?

• Do Not Seek Shelter Under Overpasses!

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Where Do You Go?

• Do Not Seek Shelter Under Overpasses!

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Severe Weather SafetyTornadoes

• Tornadoes are dangerous!
• Not every tornado is the same they can
  sometimes do strange things.

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Lightning

• Lightning is Dangerous!
• Heats the air up to 50,000 degrees.
• One Hundred Million Volts
• 25 million strikes each year
• Lightning Kills more people
• each year than tornadoes.

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Lightning Safety

• 30/30 Rule
• If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
  be struck by
• Lightning!

Go Indoors!
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Lightning Safety

• Talk on the phone
• Take Showers
• Use electronics

Wait 30 Minutes
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Lightning Safety

• Lightning will travel through pipes or wires!

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Lightning Safety

• Avoid Water or High Ground
• Avoid Tall objects
• Get in a car

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Flash Floods

• Number 1 Weather Related Killer
• 176 Deaths

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Flash Floods

• For every foot of running water, 1,500 lbs. of
  force is applied.
• 2 feet or running water will move most cars
  trucks.

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Flash Floods

• Dangerous Chemicals and other objects might be in
  
• the water!

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Flash Floods

• Your decision to enter flood waters doesnt just
  impact you.
• Who will save me if I cant get out?

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Buzz Anderson
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Buzz Anderson
Father of Four Children Volunteer Fireman