Describe the following weather conditions at 7:00 a.m. EST on November 9, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee (36° N, 87° W; an enlarged copy of the station model is shown here).
The question is based on the surface weather map for November 9, 2011. This day was chosen because of the weather conditions present. There is a well-developed midlatitude cyclone centered near Chicago, with a cold front extending to the southwest and a warm front extending to the east. Several areas of high pressure are found along the east coast and in the west.
(a) Temperature: __________ °F
(b) Dew point: __________ °F
(c) Wind speed: __________ knots
(d) Wind direction: ________________
(e) Pressure: __________ mb
(f) Pressure change over last 3 hours: __________ mb
(g) What explains this change in pressure?
(h) What explains the wind direction?
(a) 64 °F
(b) 51 °F
(c) 10 knots
(d) South-southeast
(e) 1014.0 mb
(f) -0.5 mb
(g) Trough along cold front is approaching.
(h) Wind converging counterclockwise into the low.
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