Predicting Weather Review

WATCH THIS: Meteorologist Ryan Davidson Explains Weather Maps USE YOUR NOTES: Vocabulary Matching Game Use your notes to match each image or term with the correct definition. When air pressure is low, air moves air up and cools forming clouds. Low pressure days might result in rain or other forms of precipitation. When air pressure is high, skies are blue and clear. Air flows down and fans out. Stationary fronts occur when a cold and warm meet and neither is advancing. If both air masses are dry, no rain will occur. If there is a lot of water vapor in the warm air front, precipitation will occur. Occluded fronts occur when a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses. The colder, drier air moves in to replace the cooler air above the warm front. Clouds and precipitation are a result. Warm fronts occur when a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass. The warm air raises and then cold forming clouds. Light precipitation are a result. Cold fronts occur when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass. Cold front causes the warm air to raise and cool forming clouds. Possibly storms with heavy precipitation like thunderstorms can occur. Air Masses Air in motion carries characteristics of the region depending on its temperature, altitude, and humidity. These are called air masses. Fronts Are boundaries between air masses which do not mix. When air masses meet at a front, the collision causes storms and changeable weather. SORTthe Weather Cards SORT the weather cards under the correct corresponding pressure system. High Pressure Low Pressure Identify this front and the kind of weather it probably will bring. Cold front; A sunny day awaits Warm front; Possible storm with heavy rain Warm front; A sunny day awaits Cold front; Possible storms with heavy rain A large volume of air that has nearly thesame temperature and humidity at different locations at the same altitude is called what? Front Air Pressure Air Mass Density Differences An area with high pressure will result in what possible weather? High winds High humidity and winds Clear, blue skies Rain or other precipitation A warm front colliding with a cold front with water vapor in the warm front result in what type of weather? Clear, sunny day Possible storms with heavy rain A quick downpour Rain until another air mass advances All of the following statements are true EXCEPTfor which? Fronts are boundaries of air masses Fronts mix with air masses Air masses carry a variety of humidity, temperature and air pressure Air moves from areas of high to low pressure How do air masses flow from one area to another? Sentence Frame: "Air movesfrom _ to _". How does the weather change as a result of different air masses colliding? Sentence Frame:"When a _ front meets or overtakes a _ front, _ type of weather occurs." A thunderstorm occurs when... Sentence Frame: "Thunderstorms occur when a _ front approaches a _ front. TRUE or FALSE: Fronts are clouds that do not mix. When these clouds collide, storms and changeable weather -- like rain -- occur. 1. AnswerTRUE or FALSE to the title question2. Drawand example of a warm, cold, occluded, or stationary front in order to explain your answer. What type of front is approaching Raleigh, NC? Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Occluded Front What type of weather should I expect if I am living in Salt Lake City, Utah? Clear Skies Rainy Weather How is the weather in Salt Lake City, west of the stationary front, different from the weather in Denver, east of the front? You have been asked to join the local news station as a guest meteorologist. You will share the forecast for Friday, September 25, 2020. The forecast will also be on the news station’s website. Your forecast should include:Weather conditions (high temperature, sky conditions, air pressure, relative humidity, dew point, wind speed and direction)Support for your forecast using specific data from previous days.Use the weather maps below from September 20- September 24, 2020, to predict the weather for Friday, September 25, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina. You have been asked to join the local news station as a guest meteorologist. You will share the forecast for Friday, September 25, 2020. The forecast will also be on the news station’s website. Your forecast should include:Weather conditions (high temperature, sky conditions, air pressure, relative humidity, dew point, wind speed and direction)Support for your forecast using specific data from previous days.Use the weather maps below from September 20- September 24, 2020, to predict the weather for Friday, September 25, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Your forecast should be 3-4 sentences in length, supported by evidence from the weather maps above.