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A weather map, also known as synoptic weather chart, displays various meteorological features across a particular area at a particular point in time and has various symbols which all have specific meanings. [1] Such maps have been in use since the mid-19th century and are used for research and weather forecasting purposes.
A decade after the introduction of radiofax National Weather Service (NWS) began transmitting weather maps using the radiofax technology. The NWS named this new service weatherfax ( portmanteau word from the words " weather facsimile ") The cover of the regular NOAA publication on frequencies and schedules states "Worldwide Marine ...
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
Snow totals map According to CBS News meteorologist Jessica Burch, 4 to 8 inches of snow have fallen across southern Alabama, Mississippi and Florida's Panhandle.
A surface weather analysis for the United States on October 21, 2006. By that time, Tropical Storm Paul was active (Paul later became a hurricane). Surface weather analysis is a special type of weather map that provides a view of weather elements over a geographical area at a specified time based on information from ground-based weather stations.
On the top right corner of the model for a surface weather map is the pressure, showing the last two integer digits of the pressure in millibars, or hectopascals, along with the first decimal. For instance, if the pressure at a certain location is 999.7 hPa, the pressure portion of the station model will read 997.
Here is a list of pictures on the Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia, which have been voted as a featured picture, and fall under the scope of WikiProject Weather.Featured pictures are images from highly skilled creators that the Wikimedia Commons community has chosen as some of the highest quality on the site.
The weather images may be accessed interactively by the viewer, or a series of maps may be displayed continuously as a loop. Once the maps or webcam images are downloaded from public sites, they are shown using the full screen of the computer display. At a predetermined interval, the display program downloads new images for display.