2. Focus on One of the Blue Circles

3. Check Out the Back of Your Handout and Follow Along

4. “QUIZ TIME”

5. Work With Your Partner on this Station Model

6. How About Another Station Model to Decipher?

8. Another “Quiz” on Station Models

9. THE DEFINITION OF WIND

10. THE DEFINITION OF WIND
The horizontal movement of air

12. The wind flow in high and low pressure systems

13. The wind flow in high and low pressure systems
At the surface, winds tend to flow clockwise outward from a center of high pressure.

14. Now for the “Drawing High and Low Pressure Systems” Activity

15. The Characteristics Used in Identifying Air Masses
How do air masses get their characteristics?

16. By the area over which they form.

17. By the area over which they form...
...based on the area’s TEMPERATURE,
PRESSURE, and
HUMIDITY

18. You Will Need to Know The 4 Types of Fronts
First we need to define what a front is…

19. The Four Types of Fronts

20. A front is the interface where two different air masses meet

21. There are four main types of fronts
The first one is the cold front
Fast moving, cold air close to ground, brief/heavier rain

22. There are four main types of fronts
The second one is the warm front
Slow moving, warm air pushed up, long/lighter rain

23. There are four main types of fronts
The third one is the stationary front
Doesn’t move, similar to warm front with, long/lighter rain

24. There are four main types of fronts
The fourth one is the occluded front
Warm lifted up, short time of very intense weather, frontal systems “die” out

25. The importance of the jet stream

26. What is the importance of storms?

27. Storms help to modify the extremes of the earth’s environment

28. How Storms Get Their Energy

29. Weather Prediction