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.
Definition of synoptic. 1  1 : affording a general view of a whole. 2  2 : manifesting or characterized by comprehensiveness or breadth of view. 3  3 : presenting or taking the same or common view; specifically, often capitalized : of or relating to the first three Gospels of the New Testament.