Midlatitude Cyclones
scaffolding activity teacher's guide
1) "a low pressure center."
2) By a red "L".
3) Cloudy with possible precipitation.
4) Comma-shaped configuration of the cloud bands.
The clouds resemble a giant comma, and the spin counterclockwise around the
cyclone center (in the northern hemisphere).
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6) Winds flow generally in a counterclockwise
direction around the center of low pressure (in the northern
hemisphere).
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8) North-northeast.
9)
Map #1: Mississippi
Map #2: Tennessee
Map #3: Kentucky
10) Working with current weather data, so
no answer key available.
precipitation
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universal time coord
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