Motivation
Severe weather is one of the boaters greatest dangers on the Great Lakes.  A moderate storm would easily capsize open boats.  Advance warning of storms provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Service.  The Coast Guard is responsible to pass on such warnings to small craft boaters.  The Coast Guard needs to be aware of boat races on the Great Lakes since these boaters often race in spite of severe weather.

Your responsibility is to determine which storms are in the United States and which ones could be affecting the Great Lakes.  In order to know which ones are going to affect the Great Lakes you need to know two things.  First, where are the storms in relation to low pressure systems.  Second these low pressure systems follow the isotherm they are on.

Activity
You are to plot the low pressure systems in the United States and locate the storms associated with the low.  Draw the isotherms on the map accurately and determine which of the Great Lakes if any are likely to get severe weather.

Current Weather Maps:

Dopler Radar
Isobars, Fronts, and Pressure Systems
Isotherms

Success in your assignment will be determined on the following basis.
 

Scoring Rubric for Weather Horrors

Part of Assignment	Excellent - 4 pts each	Good - 3 pts each	Fair - 2 pts each	Poor - 1 point each
Which Great Lake(s) are going to be affected	Most likely to be affected	Probably going to be affected	Possibly going to be affected	Not likely going to be affected
Plotting low pressure systems locations	All low pressure systems  are plotted accurately	Most low pressure systems  are plotted accurately	Some low pressure systems  are plotted accurately	No low pressure systems  are plotted accurately
Isotherms are located on the map correctly	Isotherms are very accurately drawn on the map	Isotherms are mostly accurately drawn on the map	Isotherms are somewhat  accurately drawn on the map	Isotherms are not accurately drawn on the map
Storms located around the low pressure system	The storm areas are accurately determined	The storm areas are fairly accurately determined	The storm areas are somewhat accurately determined	The storm areas are not accurately determined
Finding Information	Found all information as instructed	Found information with some assistance	Found information with a lot of assistance	Could not find any information