STUDY GUIDE: CHAPTER 3 WEATHER VOCABULARY AND WEATHER MAPS!
TYPES OF FRONTS: (Be able to identify types of fronts on a weather map!!!)
COLD FRONT WARM FRONT STATIONARY FRONT OCCLUDED FRONT
CLOUD COVER SYMBOLS:
CLOUDY CLEAR
WEATHER STATIONS: Review Weather Map Symbols on Page 103! Be able
to answer questions about WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED, and CLOUD
COVER by looking at a Weather Station!!!!!!
This WEATHER STATION tells us: Clear skies, SW Winds 15-20mph
Cloud Cover
Wind Direction (North, South, West, East)
Wind Speed (Range from 1 mph to 77 depending upon
symbol)
CYCLONES and ANTICYCLONES (Be able to identify cyclones and anticlines
on a weather map!!!!!)
Cyclones: Areas of LOW air pressure. Winds spin
COUNTERCLOCKWISE (to the left).
On a weather map these areas are marked with an L. (Low)
Anticlones: Areas of HIGH air pressure. Winds spin CLOCKWISE
(to the right).
On a weather map these areas are marked with an H. (High)
ISOTHERMS and ISOBARS (Be able to identify isobars and
isotherms on a weather map!!!)
Isotherms: Lines joining places that have the same
TEMPERATURE. (Iso means “same” and therm means
“heat/temperature”. Lines on a weather map are marked with °F,
example 70°F.
Isobars: Lines joining places that have the same AIR PRESSURE.
(Iso means “same” and a barometer is used to measure air
pressure; “bar” for air pressure). Lines on a weather map are
marked with air pressure, for example, 1000, 1004, 1008.
Vocabulary
AIR MASS Huge body of air that has similar temperature, pressure, and
humidity.
FRONT Area where air masses meet (bump into each other) and do not
mix.
OCCLUDED Cut off, as the warm air mass at an occluded front is cut off from
the ground by the cooler air beneath it.
CYCLONE Swirling center of low air pressure.
ANTICYCLONE High pressure center of dry air.
STORM Violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
LIGHTNING Sudden spark or energy discharge caused when electrical
charges jump between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and
the ground.
TORNADO Rapidly swirling funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a
storm cloud to touch Earth's surface, usually leaving a
destructive path.
HURRICANE Tropical storm that has winds of 119km per hour or higher;
typically about 600km across.
STORM SURGE Dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane
lands.
FLASH FLOOD Sudden violent flood that occurs within a few hours or even
minutes, of a heavy rainstorm.
METEOROLOGIS Scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict
T it.
EL NINO An event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the PACIFIC OCEAN,
during which winds shift and push warm surface water toward
the coast of South America; it can cause dramatic CLIMATE
changes!
ISOBAR Line on a map joining places that have the same AIR PRESSURE.
ISOTHERM Line on a map joining places that have the same TEMPERATURE.
(Hint: Therm means heat)