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.
1 Are lines on a synoptic chart joining places of equal atmospheric pressure. 2  Synoptic charts or weather maps provide a snapshot of the weather experienced at a particular place at a certain time. 3  They show information relating to air pressure, air masses and fronts, cloud cover, wind speed, wind direction and rainfall. Synoptic charts or weather maps provide a snapshot of the weather experienced at a particular place at a certain time. 2  They show information relating to air pressure, air masses and fronts, cloud cover, wind speed, wind direction and rainfall.