{"id":5826,"date":"2023-02-27T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T02:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/meteorology-homework-jet-stream\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T02:00:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T02:00:22","slug":"meteorology-homework-jet-stream","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/meteorology-homework-jet-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteorology homework: jet stream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-12 messageContent\">\n <b>Learning Goal: <\/b>I&#8217;m working on a environmental science discussion question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.<\/p>\n<p>1-What is a jet stream? Define a jet stream and identify the two that impact the U.S. Provide some details about each jet stream and how it impacts the weather.<\/p>\n<p>2-How does each impact the temperature and why?<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/tcc.instructure.com\/courses\/49817\/files\/8410675\/preview\" alt=\"great_waves_temp_ex.gif\"><img src=\"https:\/\/tcc.instructure.com\/courses\/49817\/files\/8410680\/preview\" alt=\"great_waves_ex-4.gif\"><\/p>\n<p>The above images are good examples of the upper air flow and temperature. Notice the coldest temperatures in the northeast (top picture) where there is a trough or bend (bottom picture) in the air flow. Additionally, it is warmest where there is a crest or ridge in the air flow.<\/p>\n<p>Find a map of the jet stream on any website such as:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.intellicast.com\/National\/Wind\/JetStream.aspx\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.intellicast.com\/National\/Wind\/JetStream.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intellicast.com\/National\/Wind\/JetStream.aspx\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"external_link_icon\"><span class=\"screenreader-only\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find the correct day\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jet stream. This will be indicated by the shades of blue representing the strongest upper level winds.<\/p>\n<p>3-Describe the pattern that you have found identifying its exact location on the map and determine where the coldest air is located. Where is the warmest air located?<\/p>\n<p>4-If you look at the temperature maps, <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/maps\/ustemperaturemap\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/weather.com\/maps\/ustemperaturem<\/a>ap<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/maps\/ustemperaturemap\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"external_link_icon\"><span class=\"screenreader-only\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>does that veriify with your thinking?<\/p>\n<p>150 word minimum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Goal: I&#8217;m working on a environmental science discussion question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn. 1-What is a jet stream? Define a jet stream and identify the two that impact the U.S. Provide some details about each jet stream and how it impacts the weather. 2-How does each impact the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[505],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/5826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/5826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=5826"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=5826"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=5826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}