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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Week of 9/12-9/16

  • Spelling Words-Focus on Plurals (s, ies & es)
  • See list of all plurals, games, and more!
  • Geography Locations-Puerto Rico, Caribbean Islands & Sea, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico
  • Time Lapse Web Cam Pictures of WTC New York-REALLY COOL! Live web cams of site at the bottom of website. 
  • Monsoon or Tropical Storm Remnants?
    • Monsoon season is typically from mid June through early September.
    • By mid August, the increasingly lower sun angle (think planets and their rotation around the sun) in the northern hemisphere becomes less effective in maintaining the monsoon ridge. The high temperatures begin to decrease as the polar jet stream begins to shift south from Canada. Breaks become longer between thunderstorms. However, the combination of wet soil and continued rain over Mexico usually keeps low level moisture in place over Arizona.

    • This is the time of year when the tropical eastern Pacific becomes a concern. Very warm water temperatures support tropical storms and hurricanes west of the Mexican coast. Most of these hurricanes move harmlessly west into the open Pacific. However as the monsoon ridge shifts south, moisture from these systems can be steered toward Arizona. When this happens, thunderstorm rains can be enhanced and lead to flash flooding.
    Mean 500mb height, August 25 (late monsoon) Visible satellite image from a late season severe thunderstorm and flash flood event, August 23, 2005. Note southwest flow aloft and weak trough near the lower Colorado River.

11 comments:

Taylon peto said...

hey Mrs. smith how are u doing i miss u

your old student Taylon

Unknown said...

Hi Taylon! Miss you too!!! My class and I are doing well. Writing is a MAJOR area of focus right now. ;-) How's Cross?

Anonymous said...

Brian,Hi Mrs.Smith I just wanted to say hi and tell you thank you for teaching me 2 by 2 digit multipulcation.Bye![: from, Brian

legoman said...

I posted my social studies and science and if your students whant to challenge themselves on math they can try it Taylon

Peep's:) said...

hey Mrs.Smith! how is the new class going?:)

Anonymous said...

Whats up! This is Julian and I want to tell you something awesome I learned today. Did you know that inside a nuclear bomb the atoms teleport from one place to another. It's like they don't exsist anymore, but then they just pop right back up. Isn't it cool.
From,Julian

Anonymous said...

I am going to tell you something awesome about a nuclear bomb tommorow.
From,Julian

Unknown said...

Thanks everyone for your comments!!! ~Taylon, GREAT to visit with you today, thanks for visiting! You are just the Middle School Man now, huh?! We will check out your blog and Nadia's too. ~Nadia-I already showed your experiment to the class! They loved it. :-)
~ Brian-glad you are getting 2 by 2 digit multiplication! YAY!!!!!~Julian, CAN'T WAIT to hear all about atoms teleporting from one place to another. Cool!

Anonymous said...

I got an awesome new haircut!
From,Julian

Anonymous said...

Brian,I'm having a hard time studying for the geography test.I could find most of it but can't find Caribbean islands.
From,
Brian

Anonymous said...

hey mrs.smith and class.. how are u? go to my website and it is www.jazminandroxana.edublogs.org and it will be the 1st one there if not then it should tske u there atomatically kk gotta go