Meteorology
- Notes
- Learning Objectives
- Explain the relationship between air temperature and air pressure
- Explain the relationship between air temperature and relative humidity.
- Calculate dew point and relative humidity using dry and wet bulb temperatures.
- Explain the relationship between dew point, relative humidity and the likelihood of precipitation.
- Explain how clouds form
- Explain how air masses obtain their characteristics and where they form.
- Encode and Decode station models
- Interpret weather fronts on a map. Explain what each indicates.
- Draw and interpret weather maps using station models and fronts. Use the information to predict changes in pressure, temperature, and storms.
- Understand the causes and results of sever weather and how to best prepare for each type
- Vocabulary
- Assignments
- Drawing Isotherms and Isobars
- Read p.126-128 Do Questions 1-7 (Atmospheric Temperature)
- Read p.128-129 Do Questions 8-17 (Air Pressure)
- Read p.131-132 Do Questions 18-45 (Wind)
- Read p.133-135 Do Questions 25-35 (Wind Patterns)
- Read p.137-142 Do Questions 36-60 (Atmospheric Moisture)
- Dew Point Worksheet
- Relative Humidity Worksheet
- Fronts Read Discuss Rephrase Record
- Read p.144-146 Do Questions 61-69 (Air masses / Fronts)
- Storms Guided Notes
- Read p.147-151 Do Questions 70-77 (Severe Weather)
- Read p.152-154 Do Questions 78-87 (Station Models)
- Station Model Worksheet 1
- Station Model Worksheet 2
- Hurricane Andrew
- Labs
- Videos
- Relative Humidity and Dew Point YouTube | My Big Campus
- Station Models YouTube | If the video is blocked click here
- Animations
- Sea and Land Breezes
- Coriolis Effect
- Real World Example
- Live Wind Map of Earth
- Another Live Map of Earth (Wind)
- Fronts
- Review