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weather map
CIDE DICTIONARY
weather map,
A map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements at a given hour and over an extended region. Such maps usually show the height of the barometer, the temperature of the air, the relative humidity, the state of the weather, and the direction and velocity of the wind. Isobars and isotherms outline the general distribution of temperature and pressure, while shaded areas indicate the sections over which rain has just fallen. Other lines inclose areas where the temperature has fallen or risen markedly. In tabular form are shown changes of pressure and of temperature, maximum and minimum temperatures, and total rain for each weather station since the last issue, usually 12 hours. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
THESAURUS
weather map
Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, aeronautical chart, air mass, anticyclone, astronomical chart, atlas, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, cartographer, cartography, celestial chart, celestial globe, chart, chorographer, chorography, climatic chart, cold front, cold sector, conic projection, contour line, contour map, cyclone, cylindrical projection, front, general reference map, globe, gnomonic projection, graphic scale, grid line, hachure, heliographic chart, high, high-pressure area, hydrographic chart, index, isobar, isoline, isometric, isometric line, isopiestic line, isotherm, isothermal line, latitude, layer tint, legend, longitude, low, low-pressure area, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, meridian, occluded front, parallel, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, polar front, political map, polyconic projection, projection, relief map, representative fraction, road map, scale, sinusoidal projection, special map, squall line, stationary front, terrain map, terrestrial globe, thematic map, topographer, topographic chart, topography, transportation map, warm front, weather chart, wind-shift lineFor further exploring for "weather map" in Webster Dictionary Online