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Moisture on Weather Maps Station Models

Moisture on Weather Maps Station Models. Cloud Cover Cloud Type Visibility Dew Point Temperature Present Weather Past Weather. The Station Model. FIGURE B-1. Cloud Symbols on NWS Station Models. The Station Model. FIGURE B-1. Completely Overcast (ten-tenths or 100%).

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Moisture on Weather Maps Station Models

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  1. Moisture on Weather Maps Station Models Cloud Cover Cloud Type Visibility Dew Point Temperature Present Weather Past Weather

  2. The Station Model FIGURE B-1

  3. Cloud Symbols on NWS Station Models

  4. The Station Model FIGURE B-1 Completely Overcast (ten-tenths or 100%)

  5. Filling in Sky Coverage

  6. Cloud Abbreviations • St . . . . . stratus • Fra . . . . fractus • Sc . . . . stratocumulus • Ns . . . . nimbostratus • As . . . . altostratus • Ac . . . . altocumulus • Ci . . . . . cirrus • Cs . . . . cirrostratus • Cc . . . . cirrocumulus • Cu . . . . . cumulus • Cb . . . . . cumulonimbus

  7. The Station Model FIGURE B-1 St or StFra But no StFra if bad weather

  8. The Station Model Ac of a chaotic sky, usually at different levels; patches of dense Ci usually present also FIGURE B-1

  9. The Station Model FIGURE B-1 Dense Ci

  10. The Station Model FIGURE B-1 30o F

  11. The Station Model FIGURE B-1 ¾ mile visibility

  12. Present Weather Symbols on NWS Maps Extreme Detail with Many Combinations . . .

  13. And More . . .

  14. The Station Model FIGURE B-1 Continuous fall of snowflakes, slight at time of observation

  15. The Station Model FIGURE B-1 Intermittent rain (NOT freezing), slight at time of observation

  16. The Station Model FIGURE B-1 .45 inches

  17. The Station Model FIGURE B-1 3 – 4 hr ago

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