Name ぐう Date Activity 3.2.2 lnterpreting Weather Symbo!s-the v Weather O bj ectives To decode symboIs appearing on a surfece weath COnditions at va「ious Iocations on the map. Materia!s . Student Worksheet 3,3,1 Weathe「 SymboIs ・ Student Worksheet 3.3,2 1nterp「eting Weathe「 Sym Of weather (this sheet) . atlas or othe「 ∪,S. maps showing malor cities ・ pencii ・ Current U.S, Weathe「 map Proced u「e 十Look at the cu「rent U,S. weathe「 maps and review WOrksheets. 2. Use the symbol key on 3.3.1 to detemine the cu COnditions reporfed at each city 9n the !ist. RuIes fo「 「epresenting cu「「ent conditions on a surfa ・ Each surface station is designated as a circ!e on坤e . Cu「rent tempe「ature in degrees Fah「enheit is dis POSition〇 ・ Dew point is disp!ayed at the 8 o’cIock position. ・ Precipitation type is displayed at the 9 o’cIock positio ・ Air pressure, rePOrted to the nearestfenth of a m輔b O’cIock position. To read the air pressure, Place SeCOnd and thi「d numbe「,丁hen add a 9 o「 10 to the l PreSSu「e fal!s between 960 mb and lO50 mb. . Wind direction is dispぬyed as a shaft extending POjnting in the direction from which the wind blo ・ Wind speed is displayed by the numbe「 offeathe「s CIockwise side of the sha札 ・ Sky coverage is disp!ayed by the percentage of the
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Name
ぐう
Date
Activity 3.2.2
lnterpreting Weather Symbo!s-the visuaI language of
Weather
O bj ectives
To decode symboIs appearing on a surfece weather map and describe weather
COnditions at va「ious Iocations on the map.
Materia!s
. Student Worksheet 3,3,1 Weathe「 SymboIs
・ Student Worksheet 3.3,2 1nterp「eting Weathe「 Symbo!s-Lthe visual language
Of weather (this sheet)
. atlas or othe「 ∪,S. maps showing malor cities
・ pencii
・ Current U.S, Weathe「 map
Proced u「e
十Look at the cu「rent U,S. weathe「 maps and review Activity 3.3,1 and 3.3,2
WOrksheets.
2. Use the symbol key on 3.3.1 to detemine the current s而ace weathe「
COnditions reporfed at each city 9n the !ist.
RuIes fo「 「epresenting cu「「ent conditions on a surface weather map:
・ Each surface station is designated as a circ!e on坤e weathe「 map・
. Cu「rent tempe「ature in degrees Fah「enheit is displayed a=he l1 0’cIock
POSition〇
・ Dew point is disp!ayed at the 8 o’cIock position.
・ Precipitation type is displayed at the 9 o’cIock position〇
・ Air pressure, rePOrted to the nearestfenth of a m輔ba「, is disp!ayed at the l
O’cIock position. To read the air pressure, Place a decimal point between the
SeCOnd and thi「d numbe「,丁hen add a 9 o「 10 to the left so the resulting air
PreSSu「e fal!s between 960 mb and lO50 mb.
. Wind direction is dispぬyed as a shaft extending out from the circIe and
POjnting in the direction from which the wind blows.・ Wind speed is displayed by the numbe「 offeathe「s or a pemant d「awn on the
CIockwise side of the sha札
・ Sky coverage is disp!ayed by the percentage of the circle that is shaded in.
3. F旧n the blank spaces next to each city with the correct values.
Fo「 the fo!!owing cities: AVanta, Chicago, Da!Ias, Denver, Miami, MinneapoIis,
New York, San Francisco, Sea瑚e, Washington鵜and your location if no掴sted!