Instructions
Monitor an area of the world with increasing weather activity. Interesting weather patterns occur in the summer in Florida and the southern Atlantic Ocean with the onset of tropical storms and hurricanes. In the winter, North America snow storms are also abundant.
Track the images of the weather systems through an online or television weather satellite. Snap screenshots on your computer or record the tracking on your television.
Draw the topical land and water formations on a large sheet of white paper or poster board with a pencil. Use a real map to draw in latitude and longitude lines across the surface. Separate any country or state lines with dark lines.
Color in your topical map lightly with colored pencils or crayons. Once finished, draw the shape of the weather pattern from where the system forms to its predicted path according to the satellite image with a light pencil. Your pattern exhibits a path that usually curves or spirals.
Fill in your weather system's severity level according to your images, as you track over the topical map with markers. Generally, storms start out as green and yellow and begin to exhibit more severe characteristics, represented by red and hot pink colors. If you want to go for a more natural look, trace out the shape of your weather system on white paper. Cut out each shape as the weather develops and paste onto your map.