Oracle Tutoring, Campbell River, BC
(250) 203-6544 (text) or (250) 830-0295 (talk)
Self-tutoring about weather: the tutor gives a basic explanation of why snow events happen. The following is my understanding of how snow develops. There are two types of weather systems: high pressure areas, and low pressure areas. High pressure areas …
Self-tutoring about the weather: the tutor mentions a new experience. Around lunchtime today, I started hearing heavy rain. Someone went to the window: looking outside, they mentioned there was hail mixed with the rain. I wasn’t too surprised; the forecast …
Self-tutoring about weather terms: the tutor mentions squall. squall: a sudden increase in wind speed by at least 30km/h and staying at least 40km/h for one minute or more. More generally, a squall can be a pronounced, but local, weather …
Self-tutoring about weather: the tutor looks into the difference between sleet and freezing rain. Both sleet and freezing rain result from liquid raindrops originating in a layer of warm air, then falling into a layer of cold. If they freeze …
Self-tutoring about weather: the tutor mentions a phenomenon he’s rarely witnessed, but undoubtedly did this evening. Thundersnow is real – it just happened here. Lightning has flashed twice – the first seemingly as close as if a person was taking …
Self-tutoring about the weather: the tutor mentions the cold last night. Yesterday evening I left the house to get hot dog buns at the nearby store. I always walk there: it’s less than 1 km away. As I prepared to …
Self-tutoring about thermodynamics and weather: the tutor mentions adiabatic. Adiabatic refers to the concept that a system can heat or cool without heat flow between itself and the environment. In such a case, the exchange is of energy. If the …
Self-tutoring about Canadian weather: the tutor notices a curious fact. The driest month in Greenwood, Nova Scotia, is April, which apparently receives 83mm of precipitation. Interestingly, March there receives almost an inch more, at perhaps 95mm. Source: en.climate-data.org
Self-tutoring about the weather: the tutor comments…. I went to a level, undisturbed place today and gently dug to bottom, then extended a tape measure. It showed depth 11.25 inches, or 28.6cm. I admit that, by then, the melt was …
Self-tutoring about weather in Canada: the tutor notes… The temp here in Campbell River, BC, right now (15:13 Dec 9, 2019 PST) is the same as in Summerside, PEI: 5°C. Neat, eh? Source: environment Canada environment Canada time.is/PST