Invitational 4/18

Topics that could show up on the test:
1. Air Masses
2. Fronts
3. Clouds - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/brochures/cloudchart.pdf
4. Precipitation
5. Weather forces – El Nino, La Nina, Jet Stream, Coriolis Effect, etc.
6. Pressure systems and the significance of air pressure in determining weather
7. Water cycle
8. Winds – Global wind patterns
9. Hurricanes – can include historic storms
10.Storms – thunderstorms, dorechos, nor’easters, etc. - can include historic storms 11.Tornadoes/Waterspouts - can include historic storms
12.Lightning
13.Atmosphere
14.Seasons
15.Blizzards/Snow/Snow Storms - can include historic storms
16.Floods – can include historic floods
17.Droughts – can include historic droughts
18.Radars/Satellites (GOES and POES)
19.Weather maps/graphs/charts
20.Weather Instruments
21.Forecasting/Prediction
22.Michigan Weather
23.Weather Scientists – 2015 (the matching section is good enough for studying)
a. Steve Lyons
b. Wladimir Peter Köppen
c. Vilhelm Bjerknes
d. Alfred Henry