Surface Weather Map Symbols
The surface weather map is a useful tool for depicting weather conditions over broad areas.
Surface weather map symbols. However since only one. Cloudiness precipitation visibility air pressure and wind speed and direction. Weather maps come in myriads of styles with each providing different levels of information. In the section about the origin of wind we have already seen the source of the highs and lows.
Station plots describe the weather at a station location. A popular type of surface weather map is the surface weather analysis which plots isobars to depict areas of high pressure and low pressure. As seen here some surface weather maps include groupings of numbers and symbols known as weather station plots. How to read surface weather maps.
Satellite and radar imagery goes east satellite goes west satellite national radar. Wpc overview about the wpc mission and vision staff wpc history about our products other sites faqs. Daily weather map gis products. Cloud types present weather sky cover pressure tendency wind speed direction past weather.
Highest to lowest priority left to right high level clouds. After completing this activity you should be able to. Air temperature in degrees fahrenheit. However there are some common features typically found of these images.
Surface weather maps 12 points. Decode the symbols appearing on a surface weather map and describe weather conditions at various locations on the map. Identify fronts appearing on the map the weather likely to be occurring on either side of a front and the. Development and training wpc hydromet testbed development experimental products.
Wpc verification qpf medium range model diagnostics event reviews winter weather. Cloud codes are translated into symbols and plotted on these maps along with other meteorological data that are included in synoptic reports sent by professionally trained observers. Often more than one cloud type occurs in each level low middle or high in the atmosphere. Surface weather plot symbols.
They include reports of a variety of weather data at that location. Fronts are usually detectable at the surface in a number of ways. We draw lines called fronts.