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.
A synoptic chart provides information about climate conditions across a large area, big enough to encompass most major weather systems. Such charts are useful not just for meteorology on Earth, but also for depictions of magnetic fields and other phenomena on the Sun and other celestial bodies.