Weather Symbols and Station Models

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• Weather Symbols and Station Models

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• Why do we use Symbols?
• Less space
• Universal language
• Why do we use station models
• Gives us a small picture of weather in a certain
  location.

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• Fronts
• Four types
• Warm
• Cold
• Occluded
• Stationary
• Boundaries where air masses meet

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Fronts

• Cold Fronts
• Cold air forced down
• Warm air rising
• Fast
• Stormy rainy
• Cumulonimbus clouds

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Fronts

• Warm Fronts
• Warm air gradually replaces cold air
• Slower
• Light rain then clear skies
• Warmer temps.

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Fronts

• Occluded
• Air mass over taken by cold air mass
• Rainy
• Cool temps

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Fronts

• Stationary Fonts
• A cold air mass meets a warm air mass and nothing
  really happends
• Weather is like that of a warm front
• Light rain
• Warm temps
• Then clear

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Air Masses

• Low Pressure
• Weather is usually rainy, cloudy
• Air pressure is around 29.ish

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Air Masses

• High Pressure
• Weather is usually sunny clear and dry

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Station Models

• These are blocks that contain a glimpse of
  weather information about a certain location at a
  specific time.
• Includes
• Temperature
• Air Pressure
• Cloud Coverage
• Wind speed Direction
• Dew Point
• Observed Weather

Air Pressure
Temperature
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30.46
Observed Weather
Cloud Coverage
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Wind Speed
Dew Point
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Station Models

• There are a number of symbols to represent
  different information on a station model

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Station Model Practice

• http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxwise/station/page5.ht
  ml
• http//itg1.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/AckermanKnox/ch
  ap1/decoding_surface.html
• http//www.clccharter.org/donna/weather/weathersta
  tion.htm