Expectations for In-Class Weather Forecasts

This is your chance to be a "professional" TV weather forecaster.  Your own personality, style and emphases should be manifest in your forecast.  However there are certain expectations I have for all forecasts.

    (1) The forecast should cover 5 days, which includes the day the forecast is given.

    (2) For each of the five days, give the expected maximum and minimum temperature.

    (3) Give a rough probability of precipitation for those days on which you believe it might occur.

    (4) Predict the cloud cover for each of the five days.

    (5) "Explain" the reasons for your forecast by showing the current and expected positions of
         highs, lows, fronts and jet streams.

    (6) Comments on the current weather and weather of the past day are certainly appropriate, but may or
          may not be included.

    (7) As do the real professionals, you may or may not want to include comments on the national weather,
          comparisons with seasonal averages, last week, last year, etc.  There is not time for much of this kind
          of commentary, but it tends to "spice" things up.

    (8) You may use any on-line resources you desire, but please be able to access them quickly, so that
          presentation time spent searching is minimized.

    (9) Aim for a five-minute presentation.  Unless there are extenuating circumstances, e.g., a network or
          computer failure, no forecast should be shorter than four minutes nor longer than six minutes.

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Of the above, #5 will be most heavily weighted, in determining your grade.