Weather Maps Answer Sheet
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Introduction to Weather Maps Question Sheet
Weather Map Symbol Interpretation:
1.
Record the current weather data from your online weather source and then code this data
as it would be portrayed on a weather map inside the box below:
Record the data first (
label units!
):
Today’s Date:
__11/03/2023_________ and Time: _8:14 PM _______
Temperature: ______62
°
F
___
Dewpoint: ___43
°
F
__
Humidity: ____64%__
Air Pressure:___
30.08 ”Hg_
__
Wind Speed: ____16.7 Mph________
Wind Direction: ______North East______
Cloud Cover: __Partly Cloudy___
(step outside and use lab handout to estimate how many
tenths of cloud coverage there currently is in the sky).
Present Weather: ________Highs, Lows, and chances of precipitation____
(use keys above
to determine this, if applicable)
Choose any date, and using the daily weather maps, duplicate the weather map symbol for the
following locations, then interpret the symbology. Use the supplemental maps at the bottom of
each page of the Daily Weather Maps to determine the max. and min. temperature as well as
the amount of precipitation.
Draw the symbol first.
2.
San Diego, CA:
Date __11/03/2023__
Temperature 53.6
°F
Dew point 33
°F
Wind speed 20 Mph
Wind direction
West
Sky cover
Partly Cloudy
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Air pressure 28.5
"Hg
3.
Fargo, N. Dakota:
Date ________11/03/2023_____
Temperature 89.6
°F
Dew point
36
°F
Wind speed 8.7 Mph
Wind direction
South West
Sky cover
Clear
Air pressure 29.84
"Hg
4.
Miami, Florida:
Date ___________11/04/2023____________
Temperature
81
°F
Dew point
62
°F
Wind speed
16 Mph
Wind direction
North
Sky cover
Average Sky Cover
Air pressure
30.05
"Hg
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Finding the Highest and Lowest Air Pressure
5.
Locate and identify the weather station reporting the
lowest
air pressure on the map.
Date: ___11/03/2023___
Station Location (give city name and state or water body): Weather Prediction Center
Analyst Orrison
Air pressure: ___996 mb___
6. Locate and identify the weather station reporting the
highest
air pressure on the map.
Date: ___11/03/2023___________
Station Location (give city name and state or water body):Weather Prediction Center
Analyst Orrison
Air pressure: _____1032 mb_________
Calculating the Speed of Frontal Movement
7. Enter the dates of the weather maps you selected here: ____11/03/2023___
8. Specify if your front is a cold front or warm front: _____Cold Front____________________
9. Plot and date the position of the front for each of the three dates on the blank outline map of
the United States, figure 10.12, below. You will be drawing three different lines, representing
the position of the front on day one, day two and day three.
Using the scale bar provided on the map, measure the distance the front traveled from one day
to the next and record your findings below.
10. Distance traveled between day
one
and day
two
:____400 miles________
11. Distance traveled between day
two
and day
three
: ___341 miles___________
12. Speed traveled between day
one
and day
two
:_____18_______ mph
13. Speed traveled between day
two
and day
three
: _____10________ mph
Figure 10.12: Outline Map of United States
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