Transcript Reading Weather Maps

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Reading Weather Maps
10/26/16
EQ: How can we use weather
patterns to help explain our world?
Starter:
A student heard the weather
forecaster on television say that
an area of high pressure was
located over his region of the
state. What type of weather is the
area most likely to experience?
Application/Connection:
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10/26/16
Ques: Practice:
1. Weather forecast
2. Weather Map
3. High Pressure system
4. Low Pressure System
Exit: (write answer only)
Summary:
October 26,
2016
AGENDA
Objectives 8.10 B: Students
will identify and recognize how
global patterns of atmospheric
movement influence local
weather using weather maps
that show high and low pressures
and fronts by reading and
writing while completing an
activity
1 Starter
2. Ws
3. Exit
Date
Table of Contents
Lecture/ Activity/ Lab
10/11 Disaster Mobile
10/12
Texas Ecoregions
10/13
Texas Ecoregions Poster
10/14
Quiz and Texas Ecoregions Research
10/17
Weathering Notes
10/18 Weathering Lab
10/19
Weathering Lab
10/20
Climate, Wind and Ocean Currents
10/21
Convection and Ocean Currents
10/24
Currents Activity
10/25 Fronts and Air Masses
10/26
Reading Weather Maps
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59-60
61-62
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65-66
67-68
69-70
71-72
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74-76
77-78
79-80
81-82
I. Weather Forecast
• A. a prediction
of weather
conditions
over the next
three to five
days
II. Weather Maps
• A. a “picture” of
local weather
conditions
• B. information
recorded in
numbers and
symbols
• C. contains isobars
and isotherms
III. High Pressure System
• A whirling mass of
cool, dry air that
generally brings
fair weather and
light winds. These
bring sunny skies.
IV. Low Pressure System
A whirling mass of
warm, moist air that
generally brings
stormy weather with
strong winds. A low
pressure system is
represented as a big,
red L. significant
movement.
Application/Connection
• You will be should
pictures of 7 different
maps.
Read each map and
answer the questions.
1
Look at the map, in
what cities will there
be rain and
thunderstorms soon?
2
What is the temperature in Dallas?
What is the weather like in Denver?
3
What type of fronts do you see on the map?
4
Which of
the two
maps has
more cold
air?
What is the
source of
the cold
air?
Explain
why City
B has
clear
skies?
5
Where
is there
a
hurricane
located?
6
7
Would you expect to find clear weather or clouds
near Fargo, North Dakota?
81
Reading Weather Maps
10/26/16
EQ: How can we use weather
patterns to help explain our world?
Starter:
A student heard the weather
forecaster on television say that
an area of high pressure was
located over his region of the
state. What type of weather is the
area most likely to experience?
Application/Connection:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Reading Weather Maps
82
10/26/16
Ques: Practice:
1. Weather forecast
2. Weather Map
3. High Pressure system
4. Low Pressure System
Exit: (write answer only)
Summary:
Exit
Which location on the map is experiencing
cool temperatures and clear skies?