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This document provides instructions for tracking weather systems using maps. Students are asked to print maps showing the location of low pressure centers over time. By examining the date and time stamps, students track one low pressure system as it moves across the United States over several days, recording its location on blank maps. They then connect the locations with a line to show the storm's path. Students also have the option to track additional storms, measure distances traveled between maps to calculate speed, or use software to analyze and animate the map images.

Tracking Weather Systems
When will the storm arrive?
How fast do weather systems travel?
What are typical storm tracks in the
contiguous United States?
Copyright TERC, 2018

Storm Tracking Instructions
1. Print a set of maps to use in this exercise. (Or you can view the maps on a computer with ImageJ
software, Adobe Reader, or PPT)
2. Each team should have one set of maps to examine and enough blank maps for everyone on the
team.
3. Begin by looking in the lower-left corner for the date and time of each map.
4. Note the location of the first low pressure center, in the Seattle, Washington area on March 30,
2012.
5. Record its location on the blank US map by drawing a L on the blank map and circling it.
6. Advance to the next image, March 31, 2012. Note the location of the low, now located near
northern Idaho. Record this new on your blank map.
7. Advance to the 3rd map image. The low pressure is now over Montana. Again, record the location
on your blank map.
8. Repeat this procedure for the next several map images, following one storm as it travels across the
country, and eventually heads out across the Atlantic Ocean.
9. Draw a black line connecting the location of the low across the map.
10. Rewind the map images to April 2nd, 2012 and track a second storm. Either start with the one off
the coast of Washington or the one located over South Dakota.
11. Answer the Stop and Think questions listed at the end of the presentation.
12. Optional Extensions: 1) Measure the distance these low pressure centers travel between maps. Use
the time and date stamps on the images to calculate how fast they travel. 2) Download and track
another set of storms. These images are available at NWS: 3) Use ImageJ software to analyze and
animate the images.
Copyright TERC, 2018

Stop and Think
1. Which day did the L pressure move off the
Atlantic coast?
2. How many days did it take for the storm to
travel across the country?
3. Given the distance the storm travelled as
approximately 2700 miles (4350 kilometers)
What was the average rate of travel?
Copyright TERC, 2018

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weather tracking ppt

1. Tracking Weather Systems When will the storm arrive? How fast do weather systems travel? What are typical storm tracks in the contiguous United States? Copyright TERC, 2018

2. Storm Tracking Instructions 1. Print a set of maps to use in this exercise. (Or you can view the maps on a computer with ImageJ software, Adobe Reader, or PPT) 2. Each team should have one set of maps to examine and enough blank maps for everyone on the team. 3. Begin by looking in the lower-left corner for the date and time of each map. 4. Note the location of the first low pressure center, in the Seattle, Washington area on March 30, 2012. 5. Record its location on the blank US map by drawing a L on the blank map and circling it. 6. Advance to the next image, March 31, 2012. Note the location of the low, now located near northern Idaho. Record this new on your blank map. 7. Advance to the 3rd map image. The low pressure is now over Montana. Again, record the location on your blank map. 8. Repeat this procedure for the next several map images, following one storm as it travels across the country, and eventually heads out across the Atlantic Ocean. 9. Draw a black line connecting the location of the low across the map. 10. Rewind the map images to April 2nd, 2012 and track a second storm. Either start with the one off the coast of Washington or the one located over South Dakota. 11. Answer the Stop and Think questions listed at the end of the presentation. 12. Optional Extensions: 1) Measure the distance these low pressure centers travel between maps. Use the time and date stamps on the images to calculate how fast they travel. 2) Download and track another set of storms. These images are available at NWS: 3) Use ImageJ software to analyze and animate the images. Copyright TERC, 2018

12. Stop and Think 1. Which day did the L pressure move off the Atlantic coast? 2. How many days did it take for the storm to travel across the country? 3. Given the distance the storm travelled as approximately 2700 miles (4350 kilometers) What was the average rate of travel? Copyright TERC, 2018

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