National Sky Awareness Week is coming April 18 - 24, 2004

Weather data for Marie Schaefer Elementary School, O'Fallon, IL

Melissa Peel - teacher

Writing to Marie Schaefer Elementary

NOTE: Data at this site has not yet been quality controlled; use data for class activities and Sky Awareness Week-related projects only.

listing of codes used in the data table which follows

date / time	all times are local (will address Daylight Savings Time in the Spring)
cloud cover (1/8ths)	pizza piece approach, estimated
cloud type(s)	CI = cirrus / CS = cirrostratus / CC=cirrocumulus AS = altostratus / AC = altocumulus ST = stratus / CU = cumulus / SC = stratocumulus / CB = cumulonimbus
weather	R = Rain / Sn = Snow / Sh = Showers / I = Ice Pellets / ZR = Freezing Rain D = Drizzle / T = Thunderstorm / C = Cloudy / PC = Partly Cloudy / S = Sunny
temperature	in degrees Fahrenheit (US); in degrees Celsius (Canada) Conversion is F = 1.8 *C + 32 or C = 5/9 *(F-32)
dew point	in degrees Fahrenheit (US); in degrees Celsius (Canada)
wind	direction from which the wind is blowing; Beaufort scale value
UV	Sunsor UV meter values (~ 9 Sunsor units = 1 NWS/EPA unit)
sunrise / moonrise / etc	all times are local (will address Daylight Savings Time in the Spring)
remarks	anything else students wish to add
observer(s)	credit where credit is due!!!

Weather data for Marie Schaefer Elementary School

505 South Cherry Street, O'Fallon, IL 62269

Melissa Peel - teacher

5th grade weatherwatchers

Latitude 38.58 N - Longitude 89.9 W - Elevation ___ feet

NOTE: Data at this site has not yet been quality controlled; use of data is for class activities and Sky Awareness Week-related projects only.

Date / Time	cloud cover (1/8ths)	cloud type(s)	weather	temp	dew point	wind	UV	Sunrise / moonrise/ etc.	remarks	weather watchers
5/11/00 12:49pm	3/8 White 1 Blue 10	ST	mostly sunny	92F		North Beaufort 5			Sunny, but heavy wind.	missing
5/10/00 12:45pm	3/8 Blue 3 White 10	ST	mostly sunny	85F		West Beaufort 3			Clear and sunny; a nice day to play at the park.	Samantha Johnson & Jeff Moody
5/8/00 12:30pm	6/8 Blue 1 White 2	CU	partly cloudy	92F		West Beaufort 5			Clear and sunny, medium breeze, nice day for a walk.	Dallin Graff & Rachel Holtgrave
5/3/00 12:50pm	7/8 Blue 6 White 4	CU	cloudy	83F		Northwest Beaufort 0			Warm, partly sunny	Cassandra Fink &Andrew Dodd
5/1/00 11:00am	4/8 Blue 6 White 1	CI	cloudy	88F		Southwest Beaufort 2			Partly cloudy and Sunny	Nick Briddell & Sara Dill
4/25/00 12;35pm	1/16	CI Blue 3 White 2	partly cloudy	81F 39C		West Beaufort 4			Sunny and Breezy	Britt Boman and Shanna Bariola

***Comments from the kids***

Melissa Peel (tecaher) reports that "the kids are very excited about this project!!"

designed by Tracie Talluto

Sky Awareness Week is coordinated by HOW THE WEATHERWORKS