Weather Patterns
Chapter 9

• Storm of the Century (snowfall, temperatures & wind), (maps)
• Polar Front Theory (The Norwegian Cyclone Model)
  • Idealized Structure of Midlatitude Cyclone (map, 3D)
• Fronts
  • Warm Fronts
  • Cold Fronts
  • Stationary Fronts
  • Occluded Fronts (3 Stages, Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3)
                               (warm/cold type)
  • Drylines
• Life Cycle of a Midlatitude Cyclone
  • Front Develops
  • Wave Develops
  • Cyclonic Circulation Established
  • Occlusion Begins
  • Occluded Front Develops
  • Cyclone Dissipates
  • Weather Map of Midlatitude Cyclone
• Idealized Weather of a Midlatitude Cyclone
• Cyclone Formation (Flow Patterns Aloft)
  • Divergence & Convergence Aloft
• Traveling Cyclones
  • Major Sites of Cyclone Formation
  • Patterns of Movement
  • Flow Aloft & Cyclone Migration
• Anticyclonic Weather & Blocking Highs
• A Modern View: The Conveyor Belt Model
• Weather Station Models