2 Hurricane Dolly, July 2008 (Projected Day and Time of Landfall) Answer Sheet
Name:______________________________________________________Date:______________________ Instructions: 1.
Use Figures 1a and 1b on page 1 to answer Questions 1 & 2 below. 2.
Print this page and then answer the questions below 3.
Then scan ONLY this page and submit it as a PDF within Blackboard via the “Assignment” located on the path: Course Content -> Module 2 -> Week 8 -> Post 6 = Assignment on Hurricane Dolly
. Question 1 Using Figure 1a (use the scale bar to measure distance) and assuming that that the rate of motion of the storm was steady at 15 mph, calculate the forecasted day and time of landfall for Tropical Storm Dolly. Show all your work step-by-
step as partial credit could be given even if your final answer is not correct. Question 2 Figure 1b shows the day and time at which Hurricane Dolly hit the coast close to the Texas/Mexico border as 10:00 AM on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. How does your calculated day and time from Question 1 compare to the information on Figure 1b (indicate the difference in hours: minutes and a justification for the discrepancy)? Caitlin
Ledesma
10/20/23
speed
of
storm
:
15
mph
·
Total
distance
to
be
covered
before
landrall
=
612
.
S
miles
Time
required
to
travel
distance
=
/612
.
15/15)
hours
=
40
.
83
his
or
41
.
23
his
Time
of
Forecast
:
July
21
,
2008
;
7PM
Time
for
landfall
:
Vuly
23
,
2008
:
12
:
23pm
Difference
between
calculated
and
actual
landfall
:
10am-12
:
23pm
=
2
his
23
minutes
Difference
can
be
because
the
storm
got
strong
by
that
time
and
the
speed
of
the
storm
increased
by
a
lot
.
The
storm
has
not
the
ground
after
the
projected
distance
near
the
border
of
mexico
.
