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 flights better define the upper atmosphere and aid in the prediction of tropical cyclone development and movement. Tropical Cyclone: A warm-core non-frontal synoptic-scale cyclone, originating over tropical or subtropical waters, with organized deep convection and a closed surface wind circulation about a well-defined center.