Focus on One of the Blue Circles

Check Out the Back of Your Handout and Follow Along

“QUIZ TIME”

Work With Your Partner on this Station Model

How About Another Station Model to Decipher?

Another “Quiz” on Station Models

THE DEFINITION OF WIND

THE DEFINITION OF WIND The horizontal movement of air

The wind flow in high and low pressure systems

The wind flow in high and low pressure systems At the surface, winds tend to flow clockwise outward from a center of high pressure.

Now for the “Drawing High and Low Pressure Systems” Activity

The Characteristics Used in Identifying Air Masses How do air masses get their characteristics?

By the area over which they form.

By the area over which they form... ...based on the area’s TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, and HUMIDITY

You Will Need to Know The 4 Types of Fronts First we need to define what a front is…

The Four Types of Fronts

A front is the interface where two different air masses meet

There are four main types of fronts The first one is the cold front Fast moving, cold air close to ground, brief/heavier rain

There are four main types of fronts The second one is the warm front Slow moving, warm air pushed up, long/lighter rain

There are four main types of fronts The third one is the stationary front Doesn’t move, similar to warm front with, long/lighter rain

There are four main types of fronts The fourth one is the occluded front Warm lifted up, short time of very intense weather, frontal systems “die” out

The importance of the jet stream

What is the importance of storms?

Storms help to modify the extremes of the earth’s environment

How Storms Get Their Energy

Weather Prediction