Every Earth Science teacher should have their students track a hurricane a few times in their career. Especially one poised to hit the North American continent. The following links will get you started. Basically you need a source for the location of Jimena as it nears the Baja California peninsula and you need a map for them to plot its course.
Click here for a blank tracking map. You might have them draw in a few more lat/long lines.
Go here for the locations to map. Click on various dates and times. Location is usually near the top. Lots of other interesting facts such as wind speed, etc.
Here's the path so far:
HURRICANE JIMENA PATH
FRI AUG 28 2009
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
THIRTEEN-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE
101.9 WEST
Saturday August 29, 2009
1: 0300 UTC TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 13.8N 101.9W
2: 0900 UTC TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 14.1N 102.3W
3: 1300 UTC TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 14.2N 102.8W
4: 1500 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 14.3N 103.2W
5: 2100 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 15.1N 104.2W
Sunday August 30, 2009
6: 0300 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 15.8N 105.1W
7: 0900 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 16.0N 105.7W
8: 1500 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 16.3N 106.3W
9: 2100 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 16.6N 106.8W
Monday August 31, 2009
10: 0300 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.0N 107.2W
11: 0900 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.5N 107.9W
12: 1500 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.0N 108.3W
13: 2100 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.5N 109.2W
Tuesday September 1, 2009
14: 0300 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 19.4N 109.6W
15: 0900 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 20.2N 110.1W
16: 1500 UTC HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 21.0N 110.7W
