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 is derived from the Greek words ÏÏÎ½ (syn, together) and á½ÏÎ¹Ï (opsis, view), and describes observations that give a broad view of a subject at a particular time. Specific uses include: Synoptic scale meteorology, a meteorological analysis over an area about 1000 kilometres or more wide.