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Symbol an image that represents something else often something immaterial Personal Symbols Objects or materials that represent your personality or interests For Example Hobbies activities items animals values culture. and fronts. Review of last lecture. Tropical cyclone structure: 3 major components, rotation direction of inflow and outflow, location of maximum wind and rainfall, 3 feedbacks. Tropical cyclone destruction: 4 reasons? Which side has the most intense destruction? . AOS 101 Weather and Climate. Lisha. M. . Roubert. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences. Fronts: The Boundaries between Air Masses. A front is defined as the transition zone between two air masses of different density. . the. Weather. Sun = Energy driving weather. Equator = warm; Poles = cold .  . why. ?. Daytime: air over land warmer than over water; reverse at night. .  . why. ?. Convection currents . Lab. Fronts!. Fronts!. What are fronts?. A narrow transition zone, or boundary, between differing synoptic scale air masses whose primary discontinuity is density. Fronts highlight . baroclinic. zones, where temperature advection and atmospheric energy is at work. Fronts. Lesson 8: Weeks . 13-14. Courtesy: Lyndon State College. What is a . front. ?. Early meteorological theory thought that “fronts” led to development of low pressure systems (cyclones). However, in the 1940s, “. Warm Fronts. : occurs when a warm air mass slides over a cold air mass. Relatively . stable. Moves slower than . a . cold . front. Long transition from cold air to warm air (warm air moves slowly). Temperature gradually rises. Warm Air Front. Warm Air Front. Warm air replaces cold air. w. arm air mass=higher temperature=lesser density. Rainfall increases as the . front approaches. Characteristics. Weather phenomenon. Prior to the Passing of the Front. (cold, warm). meteorologist. pressure . (high, low). precipitation. Map created from satellite data. Review the weather symbols. Read the introduction and look for key ideas. What information is found on a weather map? How can a weather map be used to forecast weather? . 70% of Louisville was submerged. 3.3 billion in damages. Crest - 85.4 ft. (Flood Stage – 55 ft.). 15 inches of rain in 12 days. Chapter 1: Monitoring the Weather (Basics). One of the Deepest Extratropical Cyclones Ever Recorded. Lecture . 15: Air Masses & Fronts. MET 102 Pacific Climates and Cultures. Discussion Questions – Clark 2011 . What are the different general types of ai. r masses?. Maritime Tropical (. mT. ). Maritime Polar (. right. . of you.. Label . either. the . end rhyme . scheme (AA BB CC DD or . ababcdcdefef. ) OR the examples of . CONCRETE textual evidence. .. Understanding the Prologue. What is the definition of a prologue?. It is caused by:. 1.Differences in . temperature. .. 2.Differences in . pressure. .. WIND. Wind is the . movement. of air.. It is caused by:. 1.Differences in . temperature. .. 2.Differences in . pressure. Be able to describe and explain the type of weather associated with the different fronts in a depression.. Be able to describe how the weather changes with the passage of a depression.. Be able to reproduce a diagram of a cross-section of a depression. . Fronts occur in the boundary zone between polar and tropical air masses.. World War I Aerial Photograph. trenches. trenches. “No man’s land”. Ben Franklin’s Storm. (Nov. 2, 1743). Philadelphia.