Weather+Forecast+Project

The idea for this project came from: [|Mr. Giovacchini]

For this project, you will be working with a partner to write a two-day weather forecast. In order to do this, you will have to analyze different weather maps and predict the movement of the following things that you will find on the map:

1) The fronts found on the maps 2) The high and low pressure systems 3) The temperatures 4) The amount of precipitation For each of these topics, you will need to explain what they are, and how they influence the surrounding weather. You may find weather maps to analyze from the following sites:

 @http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ Has maps from past months if you want to do forecasts for some other season/month [|AccuWeather] [|Weather Channel] [|National Weather Service] [|WJAC-TV - Johnstown] [|WTAJ-TV - Altoona] [|WTAE-TV - Pittsburgh] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2b1e1b; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Then you will write a weather report for the day that will come after each weather map that you chose. This should be a general report for the United States, and a more specific report for the Western Pennsylvania area. You will complete a first draft of your report that your partner will edit for grammar, and for correct information according to the maps.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2b1e1b; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This will be done with [|ScreenCast-0-Matic], with each partner speaking for one day of the forecast, while the weather map is showing as the picture.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2b1e1b; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">You will be graded on the following things: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2b1e1b; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1) A written draft of what you will be saying in your weather report. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2b1e1b; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2) Correct grammar and clear pronunciation during your speaking part. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2b1e1b; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">3) Speaking about the warm and cold fronts, the high and low pressure systems, the temperatures and precipitation on your map. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2b1e1b; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">4) Explanation of what on the weather map leads to your predictions. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2b1e1b; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">5) Being accurate in your weather report.