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Title: Inquiry 6.3 Reading Weather Maps


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Inquiry 6.3Reading Weather Maps
  • Using the weather maps provided, what general
    observations can you make about them?

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  • Line up you maps in chronological order.
  • 1. Identify the following on your maps
  • a front
  • a low-pressure system
  • a high-pressure system
  • 2. In what direction is each system moving
    across the country?

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What causes the weather to move in this way?
  • The earths rotation (counterclockwise) and winds
    (the jet stream) are responsible for the movement
    of weather in the United States to generally move
    from West to East.
  • Review Student sheet 6.3

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A. What kind of weather is associated with a
high-pressure system?
  • Clear skies are often associated with a
    high-pressure system.

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B. What kind of weather is associated with a
low-pressure system?
  • Low-pressure areas are often associated with
    cloudy skies, precipitation, and rising air
    currents.

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C. What symbol represents a cold front?
  • A blue triangle represents a cold front.
  • Hint remember an icicle hanging down from a
    roof.

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What symbol represents a warm front?
  • A red semicircle represents a warm front.
  • Hint remember the sun over the horizon is warm.

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D. Pick one weather front on a map. What
weather is associated with it?
  • Storms or changing weather are near the boundary
    (front) between air masses or in the center of
    low-pressure systems.

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D. Why are the triangles and semicircles on the
symbol for a cold and warm front facing in one
direction? What do you think the direction of
the symbol means?
  • The direction of the symbol faces the directin in
    which the front is moving.

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F. How does weather move across the United
Sattes.
  • Weather systems tend to move across the United
    States from West to East, often following the
    path of the jet stream.

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Why is it important to know this information?
  • It can help meteorologists forecast the weather.
    By seeing where weather systems have been, they
    are better able to predict where they are going.
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