Weather or not, there is Climate by Koh Tieh Yong https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6 Delivered with a bit of rain and lots of sunshine on 4, 5 & 12 March 2022 en-us 2022-03-03 18:31:33 UTC 2022-03-10 08:40:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Welcome! Please feel free to post the answers to the questions posed during the activities here. tykoh https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2076438133 2022-03-03 18:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2076438133 Climate of Singapore tykoh https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077418754 http://www.weather.gov.sg/climate-climate-of-singapore/ 
  1. Which month has the most/least rain days?
  2. What is the range of monthly rainfall amount through the year?
  3. Which part of the day is it most likely to rain usually? Compare June and December.
]]> 2022-03-04 06:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077418754 Phoebe https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077808907 1. most: December. least: February
2. 110-320mm
3. 8am or 4pm

]]> 2022-03-04 12:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077808907 Chan Ric's answers https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077809303 1. Most: Nov & Dec; Least: Feb
2. 110mm in Feb to 310mm in Dec
3. 8am in Jun, 5pm in Dec]]> 2022-03-04 12:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077809303 Climate of Singapore (LCC) https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077810067 Q1: Least: Feb; Most: Nov/Dec
Q2: 110-320mm
Q3: 8 am or 4pm]]> 2022-03-04 12:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077810067 R https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077810533 Most rain days - Nov/Dec
Least rain days - Feb
Range - approx. from 100 to 300 mm 
Part of day- In June morning like 8-9 am, In Dec towards the evening like 4.00-5.00 pm ]]> 2022-03-04 12:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077810533 Zhi Yang https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077810668 1. December
2. 110 - 210mm?
3. predawn to midday Jun-Sep
afternoon and early evening Oct-Nov]]> 2022-03-04 12:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077810668 Geoff's Answers https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077811271 1. Most rain : November and December
   Least rain : February
2. 110-310 mm
3.  June = 7 AM to 9 AM
December = 4 PM to 5 PM]]> 2022-03-04 12:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077811271 https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077811378 Most rainfall - Dec
least Rainfall - Feb
Range: ~110mm - ~330mm
Most likely to rain:  8am (June), 5pm ish (dec)
- hy]]> 2022-03-04 12:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077811378 hello https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077811941 1) Most - December / Least - Feb
2) 110-310mm
3) 4pm (Dec)]]> 2022-03-04 12:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077811941 Fann https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077812161 Question 1:
most (December)
least (February)

Question 2:
110m to 310mm

Question 3:
0700-0900 June
1600-1700 Dec]]> 2022-03-04 12:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077812161 2nd Set of Questions tykoh https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077812751 http://www.weather.gov.sg/climate-historical-extremes/
  1. What is the highest daily rainfall on record? 
  2. What is the highest 60-min rainfall on record?
  3. How do the above values compare with the monthly rainfall?
]]> 2022-03-04 12:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077812751 1qn https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077813360 Most - nov/Dec
Least - Feb 

110mm - 320mm


]]> 2022-03-04 12:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077813360 Chan Ric's answers 2 https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077816234 1. 512.4mm on 2 Dec 1978
2. 147mm on 2 Nov 1995
3. Strong deviation from average rainfall statistics]]> 2022-03-04 12:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077816234 Phoebe https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077816674 1. 512.4mm
2. 147mm
3. Monthly is much higher]]> 2022-03-04 12:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077816674 Set 2 (LCC) https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077817020 Q1: 512.4 mm
Q2: 147 mm
Q3: Notable difference]]> 2022-03-04 12:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077817020 Fann https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077817267 Question 1:
512.4mm

Question 2:
147mm

Question 3:
The highest daily rainfall is above the average rate of total highest rainfall in a month. 
The highest 60min rainfall on record is also way above the rate of average highest rainfall in a day

]]> 2022-03-04 12:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077817267 hello 2 https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077817681 1) 512.4mm
2) 147mm
3) did floods occur? :0

]]> 2022-03-04 12:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077817681 R https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077817691 highest daily: 512.4 mm 
highest 60-min: 147 mm 
When we adjust the time unit to the same scale, the number of monthly rainfall would be much smaller than both of daily and 60-min.]]> 2022-03-04 12:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077817691 Zhi Yang https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077819663 Daily: 512.4mm
60 min: 147mm
comparable to monthly rainfall - very extreme event?]]> 2022-03-04 12:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077819663 Geoff's Answers https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077822223 1. 512.4 mm - Payau Lebar 2 Dec 1978
2. 147 mm - Changi 2 Nov 1995
3. Great difference, because the value of the monthly rainfall is the average of the rainfall from the range of the sample. Meanwhile, the highest value is the value which deviates the most from the average value
]]> 2022-03-04 12:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077822223 3rd set of questions tykoh https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077825387
http://www.weather.gov.sg/climate-detailed-view/

Explore the tab “Climate Normals” for all the different months

  1. Which part of Singapore (i.e. north/south/east/west/central) is usually the wettest? 
  2. Is it the same across all months? 
  3. What would cause a place to have higher rainfall than another?
]]> 2022-03-04 12:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077825387 Phoebe https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077831780 1. central?
2. No
3. Kelvin waves...? The heaviest rainfall area seems to be moving eastward

]]> 2022-03-04 12:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077831780 zy 3rd set https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077832640 1) central/east singapore will have highest average rainfall because nov-jan have the most rainfall
2) no; mar/apr have more rainfall on the west side, nov-jan have more rainfall on the east side
3) vegetation, direction of monsoon winds]]> 2022-03-04 12:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077832640 Qn3 https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077832698 West

No]]> 2022-03-04 12:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077832698 hello 3 https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077833137 1) west, where NTU is
2) nov/dec tends to favor east coast
3) sumatra squalls? 
-land/sea breeze johor]]> 2022-03-04 12:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077833137 R https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077833175 The west in most months 
No
wind direction? ]]> 2022-03-04 12:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077833175 Fann https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077833290 Question 1:
If we are looking across all months, then east in the month of december

Question 2:
no

Question 3:
Various variables - different rates of cooling and evaporation between sea and land, different pressure systems influenced by neighboring countries due to their geomorphologies, etc.]]> 2022-03-04 12:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077833290 Set 3 (LCC) https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077833701 Central catchment (Jan, Mar, May); West (Feb, Apr, Jun - Oct), East (Nov, Dec)]]> 2022-03-04 12:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077833701 https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077833875 1. West Side,
2. No, ie: Nov is North, Dec is North East
3. The monsoon, Wind direction....?

-hy]]> 2022-03-04 12:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077833875 Chan Ric's Answers 3 https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077835843 Same as zy]]> 2022-03-04 12:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077835843 Climate Change Projections tykoh https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077913266 https://interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch/regional-information
  1. Look through the world maps and get a quantitative idea of the future climate projections for the world, paying attention to the striped regions as well.
  2. For South-east Asia, choose the tabs “Time Series” and “Table Summary” to visualize the information.
  3. Share with us what you discover about future climate projections in the world and in South-east Asia.
]]> 2022-03-04 13:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077913266 tykoh https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077993956 2022-03-04 14:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077993956 tykoh https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077997024 2022-03-04 14:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2077997024 Earth Nullschool visualisations tykoh https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2078441302
https://earth.nullschool.net/about.html 
•Click & drag to rotate the globe; Turn the scroll wheel to zoom in/out.
•Click on the menu icon. 
•Keep the default setting: Mode = Air; Control = Now.
•Use Animate = Air to observe atmospheric forecasts

1.Select Height = 850 hPa & Overlay = Wind. 
a.Hover the cursor over the colour scale to read the wind speeds on the lower right corner of the screen. 
b.Can you spot extratropical cyclones, anticyclones and tropical cyclones?
c.Are the trade winds evident? Which monsoon season is it in South-east Asia?

2.Select Height = 850 hPa & Overlay = TPW. 
a.The total precipitable water (TPW) is the total amount of water vapour in an atmospheric column. 
b.Can you identify the “atmospheric rivers” which carry water vapour from the subtropics to the mid-lattiudes in both hemispheres?

3.Select Height = Sfc & Overlay = 3HPA.
a.Can you associate where the (3-hourly accumulated) precipitation is in relation to all the above weather features?

4.Select Height = 850 hPa & Overlay = Temp.
a.Can you spot the polar front? 
b.Are warm and cold fronts present?

5.Select Height = 250 hPa & Overlay = Wind.
a.Around the latitude of the polar front, what do you observe? [Keep this in mind for next session’s theory on thermal wind balance.]
]]> 2022-03-04 18:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2078441302 Phoebe https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2078856158 1. Northeast monsoon? Or inter-monsoon...?

2. Near the Indian Ocean?

3.  Same areas as the Wind and TPW

4. a. The polar front is the line between green and blue.
b. More like gradients? Rather than fronts (which I understand as boundaries?)

5. Very strong winds at 250hPA (>250km/h)]]> 2022-03-05 03:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2078856158 Nairong https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2078862146 1. b. Antarctica, N.Pacific, S.Indian Ocean
1. c. Cold air from the north across South China Sea
2. c. Caribbean sea, E.Coast of S.America, E.Indian Ocean
3. a. Yes they correlate 
4. Off the coast of S.America, warn air joining into the polar front  
5. Strong westerlies

]]> 2022-03-05 03:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2078862146 nullschool zy https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2078862417 1. extratropical cyclone near the Korean peninsula and above Iran
anticyclone: Northwest Australia?
cyclone: East of Madagascar

trade winds: strong easterly tradewinds along the pacific
monsoon season: northeast

2. TPW
southern hemisphere,  south america feeds water towards the south pole
northern hemisphere: central america flows towards that northeast

3PHA:
central america bringing rain to greenland,
south america bringing rain east of cape horn

temp: 
yes
warm front: yes, above Iran, below Alaska
cold front: US west coast, mid atlantic

Wind: very strong anticlockwise flow in the northern atmosphere]]> 2022-03-05 03:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2078862417 https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2078864944 1a) extratropical - yes, tropical - yes, anticyclones - yes  (they come in pairs)
c) easterlies at the pacific
due to that formation at malaysia, less determinable by sight but NE monsoon?

2b) yes

3a) associated with subtropical cyclones

]]> 2022-03-05 03:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tykoh/t8xlwo6a3yl3yss6/wish/2078864944