SCIENCE2 - Eye on the Weather in Tucson
Last year, in February, I wrote a blog titled, “The Story of Clouds,” all about how clouds form, the different types, and so forth. Since then I’ve been keenly interested in watching how clouds change every day, even within a day - with weather being a driving cause. It occurred to me recently, that I didn’t know much about weather, how it changes and why - and its intimate relationship to clouds. So, I decided to learn a bit and write about weather, its key elements and weather phenomena - with emphasis on weather in and around Tucson, Arizona. I found three good online sources for some of the basics: 1) How to Read a Weather Map by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2) What is Weather? by the United States Search and Rescue Task Force, 3) Severe Weather 101 by The National Severe Storm Laboratory. I borrow liberally from these three sources. Elements of Weather First, I’m going to talk about weather elements that appear on typical wea