NFL SCHEDULE: Release info for regular season. The 2017 NFL preseason schedule includes eight nationally televised games, including the preseason-opening Hall of Fame Game, which this year features the Cowboys and Cardinals.
Synoptic Scale Forecasting: A Primer . Weather Scales. The American Meteorology Society (AMS) defines a synoptic chart as any chart or map on which data and analysis are presented that describe the state of the atmosphere over a large area at a given moment in time.
Synoptic Weather Chart. (or weather map), a map on which data from synchronous weather observations are entered in the form of numbers and symbols. Many kinds of synoptic charts are used for weather forecasting and for studying atmospheric processes.