What’s the Forecast?
Name(s) __________________________
H –high pressure
(clear skies)
L – low pressure
(cloudy skies)
Meteorologists use special symbols and
codes to explain weather data on maps.
Directions: Study the weather symbols; then
use the map above to answer the following
questions.
Questions
1. What type of precipitation is in Wisconsin today?
_______________________________________
2. What type of front is moving towards Virginia?
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3. What type of pressure system is near Oklahoma? ______________________________________
4. What type of weather do we see in Northern California? ______________________________
5. What type of front runs through Montana and North Dakota? __________________________________
6. What type of weather is found in ahead of the cold front? ______________________________
7. In what direction is the warm front moving? _______________________________
8. Would you expect temperatures in Virginia to rise or fall in the next 24 hours? ____________________
Now it’s your turn to be a meteorologist!
Place the following items on the weather map.
1. It is raining in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.
2. There are thunderstorms in Florida.
3. A low pressure system is affecting the southeast.
4. A stationary front runs from West Virginia to Maine.
5. Tornadoes are sighted in Texas and Oklahoma.
6. Oregon and Washington are experiencing heavy fog conditions.
7. A high pressure system is over the mid-west.
8. A cold front is approaching Wyoming, South Dakota, and Iowa.
9. A warm front is located between California and Nevada moving east.
10. It is drizzling in Virginia and North Carolina, sleeting in Minnesota and Wisconsin,
snowing in Montana and Idaho, and a possible hurricane of the coast of Florida.