Let's say that you have been given the information that at 10:00 am the temperature at Seattle-Tacoma (SeaTac) Airport (identifier = SEA) is 27 degrees Fahrenheit and the wind is from the northeast at 15 knots and it is snowing lightly.
Invent a method of placing this information on a map such that the circle marks the location of the weather station. A map showing the location of the weather stations before information is plotted on it is called a basemap. An example of such a map for our region is found here.
Here is a list of the abbreviations used for each listed weather station:
| Hope, BC: | YHE |
| Bellingham, WA: | BLI |
| Whidbey Is, WA: | NUW |
| Everett, WA: | PAE |
| SEA-TAC AP, WA: | SEA |
| Tacoma, WA: | TCM |
| Olympia, WA: | OLM |
Note: 1 "knot" means 1 nautical mile per hour and is about 1.15 miles per hour. A nautical mile is one-sixtieth (1/60) of a degree of latitude on a great circle. A nautical mile is used in aviation and marine navigation. A nautical mile is about 6076 feet.
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