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  2. Weather map - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Col (meteorology) - Wikipedia

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    A col, also called saddle point or neutral point, is in meteorology, the point of intersection of a trough and a ridge in the pressure pattern of a weather map. It takes the form of a saddle where the air pressure is relatively higher than that of the low-pressure regions, but lower than that of the anticyclonic zones. [1]

  4. Surface weather analysis - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Synoptic scale meteorology - Wikipedia

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    A 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. [2] Weather maps are created by plotting or tracing the values of relevant quantities such as sea level pressure, temperature, and cloud cover ...

  6. Station model - Wikipedia

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    Station model as used in the United States plotted on surface weather analyses. In meteorology, station models are symbolic illustrations showing the weather occurring at a given reporting station. Meteorologists created the station model to fit a number of weather elements into a small space on weather maps.

  7. Trough (meteorology) - Wikipedia

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    The weather charts in some countries or regions mark troughs by a line. In the United States, a trough may be marked as a dashed line or bold line. In the UK, Hong Kong [1] and Fiji, [2] it is represented by a bold line extended from a low pressure center [3] or between two low pressure centers; [4] in Macau [5] and Australia, [6] it is a

  8. Weather front - Wikipedia

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    A surface weather analysis is a special type of weather map which provides a top view of weather elements over a geographical area at a specified time based on information from ground-based weather stations. [6] Weather maps are created by detecting, plotting and tracing the values of relevant quantities such as sea-level pressure, temperature ...

  9. Stüve diagram - Wikipedia

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    Example of a Stüve diagram. A Stüve diagram is one type of thermodynamic diagram commonly used in weather analysis and forecasting. [1]This diagram has a simplicity in that it uses straight lines for the three primary variables: pressure, temperature and potential temperature.