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Nkey - Weather Map Notes
Nkey - Weather Map Notes
The _ TAIL is the wind _DIRECTION. It shows where the wind comes FROM.
The _FEATHERS_ are the wind __SPEED_in knots. (1 knot = 1.15 miles)
feather = 5 knots
1 feather = 10 knots
1 triangle = 50 knots
We talk about warm fronts and cold fronts. These both happen with _LOW PRESSURE systems. Why
cant they occur in high pressure systems?
Air flows from high to low pressure. Air __sinks and flows away from a high pressure system.
Therefore, few or no clouds form.
Cold Fronts
A _cold_front is a boundary between an advancing _cold air mass and a warm air
mass that is already present.
It is represented by triangles that point the direction the front is moving.
Precipitation/clouds occur _BEHIND the front.
Why?
Cold air is __MORE dense and pushes the less dense warm air up.
Clouds form and precipitation occurs _BEHIND _the cold front. (I.e. it
gets cold before it rains).
Warm Fronts
A _WARM front is a boundary between an advancing _ WARM air mass and a cold air
mass that is already present.
It is represented by __SEMI-CIRCLES that point the direction the front is moving.
Precipitation/clouds occur _AHEAD OF the front.
Why?
Warm air is _LESS DENSE and rises above the cold air. It condenses and
forms clouds _AHEAD OF THE front.
Warm Front
Cold Front
Brings cold air
Clouds and
precipitation behind
the front
Occurs during
a low
pressure system.
Brings
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