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4.9 - List all of the indicators used to describe the weather.
4.10. Which air mass is most influencing our weather today?
4.11 - Turn your textbook to p. 80 and answer the following questions
- What do the arrows show?
- Dry, warm air is typical of which air mass?
- What type of air mass would likely bring wet, cold weather?
- What type of air masses affect your location most often?
4.12. Looking at the isobars on the weather map, what is today's pressure?
4.15 - Turn your textbook to p83 and answer the following questions
- How do the symbols for cold fronts and warm fronts differ?
- Which city will soon experience a cold front?
- Which city will soon experience a warm front?
- Compare the "slope" of rising air in a cold front and a warm front.
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4.16 - Turn your textbook to p84 and answer the following questions regarding the Weather Systems in the Northern Hemisphere diagram.
- What do the arrows show?
- How does air flow around a high pressure system?
- How does air flow around a low pressure system?
- Locate the H and L on the inset map. What is different about these areas?
4.17 - Turn your textbook to p93 and answer the following questions regarding the formation of thunderstorms.
- Describe stage 1 - "Air _______ forming a __________ cloud"
- Describe stage 2 - "Falling __________ form downdrafts and heavy ____________ "
- Describe stage 3 - "downdrafts spread out, updrafts stop and the storm ___________"
- Which diagram shows the most severe stage of a thunderstorm? Diagram 1,2, or 3?
- Compare the first two stages. Why does the cloud become tall?
4.18 - Turn your textbook to p100 and answer the following questions regarding weather maps
- What type of pressure system is located off the east coast?
- Notice the front associated with this system - is it the same throughout?
- Study the Station Symbol. How much of the circle is filled to show cloud cover?
- Study the Station Symbol. What is the atmospheric pressure?
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