This Power Point or slideshow is about weather symbols which tells you how many types of symbols are there in the subject of GEOGRAPHY.

1. STANDARD GRADESTANDARD GRADE
WEATHERWEATHER
SYMBOLSSYMBOLS
John Smith Invergordon Academy
Malcolm McDonald Bathgate Academy

2. HOW IS WEATHER SHOWN ON A WEATHER MAP? (1)
TV & NEWSPAPER WEATHER SYMBOLSTV & NEWSPAPER WEATHER SYMBOLS

3. TYPICAL MEDIA WEATHER MAP
Look at the symbols.
What weather does Eastern
England have?
What is the weather like in
Northern Scotland ?

4. HOW IS WEATHER SHOWN ON A WEATHER MAP?
Present weather
Mist Fog Thunder Drizzle Rain Snow Hail Shower
The shower symbol can be combined with others….
Rain
shower
Hail
shower
Snow
shower
Heavy
rain
Heavy
snow
Drizzle
Present weather is
shown by the symbol
at the bottom left of
the circle
Temperature is
shown at the top left
of the circle
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5. HOW IS WEATHER SHOWN ON A WEATHER MAP?
Wind direction and wind speed
Wind direction is shown by a line leading
into the station circle.
This symbol shows
that the wind blew
into the station
circle from the
east
A circle round the station shows that
there was no wind : calm
3-7 knots
light winds 1-2 knots
13-17 knots
8-12 knots
18-22 knots
23-27 knots
28-32 knots
The speed is
shown by a series
of “feathers”gale force
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6. HOW IS WEATHER SHOWN ON A WEATHER MAP? (3)
Cloud cover is shown by the
amount of shading inside the
station circle. Cloud cover is
measured in oktas
Eighths of the sky !
Clear sky
1 okta
2 oktas
3 oktas
4 oktas
5 oktas
6 oktas
7 oktas
8 oktas
Overcast
obscured
I hope it
doesn’t
cloud over
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7. FRONTS ON WEATHER MAPS
Warm fronts are shown by the following symbol.
Cold fronts are shown by the following symbol.
There is a third type of front that we will study later – the
OCCLUDED front. They are shown by the following symbol.