Reading Weather Maps

What symbols are being shown in this image?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

What does this weather symbol indicate? What are the numbers?

• Cyclone

  (Numbers show how big/strong)

• Heat (Numbers show how hot/humid)

The imagery lines that indicate the same zone of air pressure are called?

• Isobars

• White lines

What symbol is being shown in this image?

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

What does the 'H' stand for?

• Low Pressure System

• High Pressure System

Which way does High Air Pressure move?

• Down and out (anti-clockwise)

• Up and in (clockwise)

What does the red front with semi-circles show?

• Cold front

• Stationary Front

• Warm front

• Occluded Front

Isobars that are close together means that...

What do the diagonal lines symbolise?

Write the front occurs when: the fast moving cold front has caught up to the slower moving warm front.