TEKS 8.10ABC Reading Weather Maps

Decode weather maps! Learn symbols for fronts, pressure, and hurricanes.

Explaining Weather Maps Weather Map Symbols Name Symbol Definition Weather Prediction Warm Front the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air Warm with showers and light drizzle Cold Front the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air Cold and thunderstorms low pressure symbol an area that has lower pressure at its center than the areas around it "Lousy weather" : cloudy and stormy high pressure symbol an area that has higher pressure at its center than the areas around it "Happy weather" : clear and sunny Weather Map Label the map with weather predictions:Clear and sunny Cold and stormy Warm with showers Clear and sunny Cold and stormy Warm with showers Hurricane Video Hurricane fact fill in the blanks. Hurricane season happens in the late summer and fall because the sun has warmed the oceans. When the water is warm, evaporation occurs filling the air with moisture.Hurricanes require two things to form: warm water and moist air.A hurricane is like an engine that uses water for fuel.A hurricane weakens and dissipates when it is over land because there is no warm water to power it. Where would a hurricane most likely occur? Southern Ocean Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean