surface weather

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• Surface weather observation — Surface weather observations are the fundamental data used for safety as well as climatological reasons to forecast weather and issue warnings worldwide. [Office of the Federal Coordinator of Meteorology. [http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh 1/pdf/B CH2.pdf… …   Wikipedia

• Surface weather analysis — 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. [ Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned… …   Wikipedia

• surface weather observation — An aviation weather report describing the weather conditions at a specified location and at a specified time, as observed from the ground. Regular observations are made on the hour, and special observations are made as necessary to report a… …   Aviation dictionary

• History of surface weather analysis — The history of surface weather analysis concerns the timetable of developments related to surface weather analysis. Initially a tool of study for the behavior of storms, surface weather analyses became a work in progress to explain current… …   Wikipedia

• Weather forecasting — weather forecaster redirects here. For other uses, see Weatherman (disambiguation). Forecast of surface pressures five days into the future for the north Pacific, North America, and north Atlantic ocean. Weather forecasting is the application of… …   Wikipedia

• Weather map — A surface weather analysis for the United States on October 21, 2006. A weather map displays various meteorological features across a particular area at a particular point in time.[1] Such maps have been in use since the mid 19th century and are… …   Wikipedia

• Weather front — A weather front is a boundary separating two masses of air of different densities, and is the principal cause of meteorological phenomena. In surface weather analyses, fronts are depicted using various colored lines and symbols, depending on the… …   Wikipedia

• Weather ship — The weather ship MS Polarfront at sea. A weather ship was a ship stationed in the ocean as a platform for surface and upper air meteorological observations for use in weather forecasting. They were primarily located in the north Atlantic and… …   Wikipedia

• Weather buoy — operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center Weather buoys are instruments which collect …   Wikipedia

• weather map — a map or chart showing weather conditions over a wide area at a particular time, compiled from simultaneous observations at different places. [1870 75, Amer.] * * * ▪ meteorology  any map or chart that shows the meteorological elements at a given …   Universalium

• Weather station — at Mildura Airport, Victoria, Australia. A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for observing atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate …   Wikipedia