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Building your 'weather' skills

Examples of weather map sequences

A summertime cold front: 6-10 February 2001

The maps (below) show a cold front passing across southern Australia between 6-10 February 2001.

Ahead of the front, maximum temperatures in Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart soared into the high 30s (°C). As the front moved through, temperatures dropped into the low 20s (°C). The front produced very little rain.

Link to Exercise on the Movement of Cold Fronts
Link to Passage of a summer cold front - Exercise using data tables
Link to Interactive weather map (Requires Flash 4 enabled web browser) - Review map components (42 K) and view animation of pressure changes.(66 K)

A summertime cold front

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