2: 25 minutes
[30]
(8 x1 = 8)
(Taken from NSC Nov 2013 Paper 1)
Po
А
Windhoek
HD
3
1028
Luderit
Popratona
Upington
Wapind
Bloemfonte
-1024
B В
Cape Town
Durban
1020
Port Elizabeth
-1012
-1008
-1004
1000-
9
ET
1004
992
[Source: Adapted from SA Weather Bureau)
2.1 Study the synoptic weather map/chart above and answer the questions that
follow.
2.1.1. Identify the weather system at E.
(1 x 2) (2)
2.1.2. State the pressure at the centre of pressure cell E.
(1 x 2) (2)
2.1.3. Identify ONE piece of evidence from the synoptic map/chart to indicate that it
represents winter conditions.
(1x2)(2)
2.1.4. Name the front at C.
(1 x 2) (2)
2.1.5. In which direction will C move and explain why.
(2 x 2) (4)
2.1.6. Use the enlarged station model on the right side of the map to describe the
weather at Port Elizabeth at the time the map information was observed.
(5 x 1) (5)
Refer to 5 different weather elements
2.1.7. State how the weather elements listed in 1.1.6 will change in the next few
hours in Port Elizabeth
(5 x 1) (5)
2.1.8. Write a paragraph (approximately 12 lines) explaining why the weather
systems identified in 1.1.1 will only influence the weather in South Africa in
(4 x 2) (8)
winter​