Sunday, October 10, 2010

Air Pressure

Click HERE to view the air pressure animation.

In your notebook, please use complete sentences to answer the following questions about how the air pressure changes as a storm passed through Palm Beach, Florida.

1. When the pressure graph is at the lowest point where is the storm in relation to Palm Beach?

2. Where is the storm when the pressure is at its highest in Palm Beach?

3. When the pressure begins to rise up again where is the storm located (in relation to Palm Beach)?

4. Based on the image and your understanding of air pressure, what kind of weather should Palm Beach, Fl experience for the next 24 hours?

5. What relationship is there between air pressure and type of weather you might be experiencing?