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Weather Symbols and Station Models
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Why do we use Symbols?
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Less space
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Universal language
Why do we use station models
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Gives us a small picture of weather in a certain
location.
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Fronts
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Four types
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Warm
Cold
Occluded
Stationary
Boundaries where air masses meet
Fronts
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Cold Fronts
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Cold air forced down
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Warm air rising
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Fast
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Stormy rainy
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Cumulonimbus clouds
Fronts
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Warm Fronts
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Warm air gradually
replaces cold air
Slower
Light rain then clear
skies
Warmer temps.
Fronts
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Occluded
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Air mass over taken
by cold air mass
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Rainy
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Cool temps
Fronts
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Stationary Fonts
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A cold air mass meets
a warm air mass and
nothing really
happends
Weather is like that of
a warm front
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Light rain
Warm temps
Then clear
Air Masses
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Low Pressure
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Weather is usually
rainy, cloudy
Air pressure is around
29.ish
Air Masses
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High Pressure
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Weather is usually
sunny clear and dry
Station Models
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These are blocks that
contain a glimpse of
weather information about
a certain location at a
specific time.
Includes
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Temperature
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Air Pressure
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Cloud Coverage
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Wind speed &
Direction
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Dew Point
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Observed Weather
Temperature
32
Observed
Weather
Air Pressure
30.46
Cloud Coverage
15
Dew Point
Wind
Speed
Station Models
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There are a number of symbols to represent
different information on a station model
Station Model Practice
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http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxwise/station/page
5.html
http://itg1.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/AckermanKn
ox/chap1/decoding_surface.html
http://www.clccharter.org/donna/weather/weathe
rstation.htm