+-------+---------+------------+--------------------+--------+-------------------+------------------+ | | | | WIND. | | PRECIPITATION. | | | | | +----------+---------+ STATE +-------+-----+-----+ | | DATE. | HOUR. |TEMPERATURE.| | | OF | TIME | | | REMARKS. | | | | |DIRECTION.|VELOCITY.| SKY. | OF |KIND.|AM’T.| | | | | | | | |BEGINN.| | | | +-------+---------+------------+----------+---------+--------+-------+-----+-----+------------------+ |Mar. 21|8.30 A.M.| Mild | S. | Light |Overcast|8 A.M. |Rain |Light| Raining. | | | | | | | | | | | | | “ “ | 12 M. | “ | “ | “ |Overcast| | “ | “ | “ | | | | | | | | | | | | | “ “ | 4 P.M. | “ | “ |Moderate |Overcast| | | |Stopped raining | | | | | | | | | | | about 3 P.M. | | | | | | | | | | | | | “ 22| 8 A.M. | Cool | NW. | Brisk | Clear | | | |Cleared off during| | | | | | | | | | | the night. | +-------+---------+------------+----------+---------+--------+-------+-----+-----+------------------+ Does most of our rain come in brief showers, or in storms lasting a day or two? Do we have about the same amount of rain or snow every week and every month, or does the amount vary a good deal from week to week and from month to month? Do you notice much difference in the characteristics of successive storms, or do they all seem pretty much alike? Are thunderstorms limited to any particular season of the year? If so, to what season? Have you discovered any rule as to the time of day when rainstorms or snowstorms begin? When thunderstorms begin and end? Is it common or uncommon for us to have a storm lasting three or four days? How long does a thunderstorm usually last? Do we have most hail in winter or in summer? In what ways does a rainy day affect people? How are you yourself affected? How does a heavy snowstorm affect travel and transportation? In what ways does a snowstorm differ from a rainstorm as to the character of the precipitation and its effects? After studying the _temperature_, _wind_, _state of sky_, and _rainfall_ separately, take two elements together and see what relation one has to the other. Try to answer such questions as these:——