Elementary Meteorology Online
Chapter 10 - Mid-latitude weather systems

Text reading and review

  • Review Chapter 1 pp. 5-9"Weather systems and weather maps". Many quiz questions will be based on this section.
  • Read all of the notes below. They go from easy to difficult. Much of it is review, but it is presented in a way to make mid-latitude weather systems easier to understand, so it's worth reading through the parts you already know.
  • Read Text Chapter 10 pp. 265-297. It is one of the better chapters in the book and worth reading before the investigations.

  • Online readings

  • USA Today: Understanding Storms and fronts
    Some good simple definitions on fronts and storms.

  • Jetstream
  • PhysicalGeography.net
  • WW2010