- Weather Maps -- A weather chart drawn for a given level (e.g., sealevel or surface or at 18000 feet, for examples).
- Pressure Systems That Can Appear On Weather Maps
- Low Pressure Areas--
- Cyclone -- an area of low pressure completely encircled by at least one isobar (analogy: Tahoe Valley)
- Trough -- an area of low pressure not completely encircled by at least one isobar (analogy: a ravine)
- High Pressure Areas --
- Anticyclone -- an area of high pressure completely encircled by at least one isobar (analogy: mountain peak)
- Ridge -- an area of high pressure not completely encircled by at least one isobar (analogy: a mountain ridge)