Unit 3 Notes
Air Pressure/Wind/Jet Unit Page
Unit 3 Overview
Pt. I
Slide 2: Measuring Air Pressure
Slide 3: Air Pressure: Generating Winds
Slide 4: Air Pressure & Surface Winds
Slide 5: High & Low Pressure Systems
Slide 6: Surface Winds Around a High
Slide 7: Surface Winds Around a Low
Slide 8: Weather Associated with Highs & Lows
Slide 9: Highs, Lows & Weather
Slide 10: Why Highs Produce Fair Weather
Slide 11: High Locations & Weather
Slide 12: Low Locations & Weather
Slide 13: Why Lows Produce Clouds & Precip.
Slide 14: Surface Map Introduction
Slide 15: Summary of Highs & Lows
Slide 16: Isobars & Surface Maps
Pt. II
Slide 3: Jetstreams & Weather Pt. 1
Slide 4: Jetstreams & Weather Pt. 2
Slide 5: Jetstreams & Weather Pt.3
Slide 7: Convergence & Divergence in Jetstreaks
Slide 8: Jetstreaks & Weather Pt. 1
Slide 9: Jetstreaks & Weather Pt. 2
Slide 10: Low-Level & Mid-Level Jets
Unit 3 Overview
Air pressure and wind create weather conditions familiar to us all. In Unit 3, we will take an in-depth look at just how wind is produced by differences in air pressure, and what forces act upon the moving air to direct where is goes.
Also, we will investigate the formation of high and low pressure systems, and detail the weather characteristics of each.
We will then put these air pressure parameters on weather maps, so that we can determine what the weather is like in different locations, and track those weather changes based on the movement of highs and lows.
However, winds occur at all altitudes, and we will finish the unit with jetstreams, which influence our weather and storm production in many ways.
