Weather Observations: November 21st -- Term Paper

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Winds had been blowing from the south and southeast all day, but at 22:00 the wind had shifted to the northeast and had dropped to 9km/hr, accompanied by a drop in temperature and pressure and a rise in relative humidity.

Wednesday, November 23rd

Weather stayed relatively stable throughout the day on Wednesday, with temperatures ranging only from five to seven degrees Celsius throughout the day. Cloud cover was complete and consisted of nimbo-stratus clouds, and relative humidity fluctuated by only twelve percentage points between eighty-three and ninety-five percent; no precipitation was observed. Pressure also remained fairly consistent and increased slightly as temperatures dropped at the 22:00 observation, the combination of which staved off rain.

Thursday, November 24th

Wind picked up and temperatures dropped on Thursday, with the temperature starting out at three degrees Celsius at the 4:00 measurement and reaching a high f six degrees Celsius by the 16:00 reading. Pressure hovered around 100 kPa throughout the day while relative humidity fell fairly consistently. Despite this drop in relative humidity and a fair amount of disparity between the dew point and the actual temperature, however, precipitation was observed at 16:00 in the form of a light rain, at a time when the sky was again covered entirely by nimbo-stratus clouds.
Alto-cumulus clouds had been observed at 10:00, however no precipitation was observed at this time. Winds also shifted to a primarily east and southeast origin, back from the western winds that had interrupted this trend on Wednesday, though by 22:00 the wind had again shifted to the southwest with an accompanying rise in pressure.

Friday, November 25th

Winds stayed westerly and pressure continued to climb, leading to sunnier weather on Friday. This increase in pressure meant that although temperatures were comparable to previous days' measurements, relative humidity was lowered significantly and precipitation became a thing of the (very recent) past. Though there was still a complete cloud cover by nimbo-stratus clouds at 16:00, no rain occurred, and the three-eights cover by cirrus clouds at 10:00 didn't cause any concerns in this regard, either. Winds were on average slightly slower….....

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