2. Daily weather maps are known as synoptic maps, meaning that they show atmosph

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2. Daily weather maps are known as synoptic maps, meaning that they show atmospheric conditions at a specific time and place. The daily weather map is a key analytical tool for meteorologists. Use the adapted version of a synoptic map for a typical April morning. 7:00 A.M, E.S.T. below (a better version can be found at the end of the this lab). 10121016 1020 1024-0" 1028 1032 1026 1000 one a) Each circle on the map represents a weather station. The number to the upper right of the station is the barometric pressure presented in an abbreviated form used by the National Weather Service. As an example: if a 145 appears, it is short for 1014.5 mb (the "10" and the decimal point are dropped); a 980 is 998.0 mb (the"9" and the decimal point are dropped). On April 1, 1971, the center of low pressure was near Wausau, Wisconsin (see the L on the map), with a pressure of 994.7 mb (947 on the map). Note the wind flags around this center of low pressure. Do the wind flags at the various stations show counterclockwise winds, as you expect in a midlatitude cyclonic circulation system? (1 points)

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Yes, the wind flags at the various stations show counterclockwise winds around the center of the low pressure as you expect in a midlatitude cyclonic circulation system.

During a cyclone, there is a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, which causes inward spiralling winds with very high velocities. They cyclone that we see in this map is an example for Extra tropical cyclone and is formed due to frontal systems in the mid-latitudes. Cyclones bring huge amount of precipitation. They can cause severe damage along the path that they travel through.

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