Geography 103: Weather
Exercise 5. The 18000 ft temperatures, pressures and
winds.
The maps below show the pressures, temperatures and winds at
a height of 18000 ft, for
Please use the data sheet to answer the questions following.
What height in meters does 18000 ft correspond to?
For each weather station three numbers are given. Two on the left of the “dot”, one on the right. What does the number on the right tell us?
Mark the location of
Mark the location of
Mark the location of
Where are the pressures greatest - at the top (north) or the bottom (south)?
For each weather station three numbers are given. Two on the left of the “dot”, one on the right. What do the two numbers on the left tell us? What are the units (or, how should we read this)?
What is the approximate temperature at this height in
What is the approximate temperature at this height in
What is the approximate temperature at this height in
What do the yellow contours show?
Where is it warmer at this height, at the top (north) or bottom (south)?
Do warmer temperatures correspond to high or low pressures at this height?
What does the blue shaded area show?
What wind speed corresponds to the first (lowest) level of shading?
What is the wind speed at this height in
By looking at the blue shading, what is the wind speed over
most of the
In very general terms, over which part of the