ATM OCN (Meteorology) 100
WEB ACTIVITY for Homework 1
Summer 1999
Date Due: Thursday, ??? June 1999
BACKGROUND
This portion of Homework 1 is designed to familarize you with some of the
current weather and climate data that are available on the Internet.
Some National Weather Service Offices such as Milwaukee/Madison, Green
Bay and Minneapolis/St. Paul maintain extensive web pages.
CURRENT WEATHER
Using the current weather observations for Madison ( Dane County
Regional-Truax Field) Wisconsin
(found on http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/hourly.htm)
What was the current air temperature at Madison
What was yesterday's low temperature in Madison
CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
Using the daily climate summary for Madison (found on http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/climate.htm)
What was yesterday's high temperature for Madison
What was yesterday's low temperature for Madison
How
Last revision: 16 June 1999
Produced by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu
URL Address: aos100/homework/99hmk01k.htm