YOU BE THE METEOROLOGIST!USING AIR MASSES & FRONTS TO FORECAST WEATHER

IMPORTANT: Be sure to click through and READ each slide carefully to ensure that you are successful in completing this task.

THE SCENARIOYou recently graduated from college with your

meteorology degree and acquired a position as a Field Reporter at The Weather Channel. Your goal is to acquire a position in the news room as, an On Camera Meteorologist, within the next six months.

You are available to work on additional meteorology assignments to gain experience and you have shared your goal with the Senior Director of Weather Communications, Stu Ostro, at The Weather Channel. Today he assigned you to work on your first assignment.

THE TASK• Your task is to create a weather forecast for EACH

of the following four cities:

Atlanta, Georgia

Jefferson City, Missouri

Seattle , Washington

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• This forecast will be reported live by an On Camera Meteorologist at The Weather Channel, in one hour.

STEPS FOR SUCCESSRead through EACH of the steps below, BEFORE you begin creating your weather forecast.

STEP ONE: Open the data table, located on my Teacher Page. You will use the table to organize your data, as you move through this task.

STEP TWO: Review the weather maps that follow this slide to help you forecast the weather in EACH of the four cities you have been assigned. Record the information below, in the data table, as you go.

A. Describe the type of weather front that is moving towards EACH city.

B. Identify the type of air mass (continental polar, continental tropical, maritime polar, or maritime tropical) that is moving towards EACH city.

C. Predict and describe how the front will change the weather in EACH of the cities that you have been assigned. For instance, think about how the front will change the temperature, how it will change the air pressure, and the types of weather events that it will bring.

STEP THREE: Share your google doc with Mrs. Fraley so that Stu Ostro can preview your weather forecasts before they are broadcast nationwide.

WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE?IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA

Click HERE to view a map that will help you locate Atlanta, GA.

WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE?IN JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI

Click HERE to view a map that will help you locate Jefferson City, MO.

WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE?IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Click HERE to view a map that will help you locate Seattle, WA.

WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE?IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

Click HERE to view a map that will help you locate Baton Rouge, LA.

CONCLUSIONWHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?

At the bottom, or on the back, of your data table:

Explain how relative humidity, air masses, and weather fronts have helped you to better understand the weather. Your answer must be in a paragraph of NO LESS than FIVE

sentences.

UNITED STATESPOLITICAL MAP

Click HERE to return to Atlanta, GA.

Click HERE to return to Jefferson City, MO.

Click HERE to return to Seattle, WA.

Click HERE to return to Baton Rouge, LA.