This is an example of a synoptic chart.

Weather is recorded on the chart using special symbols,

which represent the conditions at weather

station at that present time.

Where the wind has come from….

The wind speed is shown by the ‘feathers’.

Five knots is added for each half a feather.

In an exam you would be given a key.

10 knots.

Winds are named after their

origin.

In an exam you would be given a key.

Eight Oktas- cloud cover.

Heavy Rain.Sometimes a number may represent the temperature.

5

* 21Snow, but no cloud cover.

High temperature but snow!

Unusually high winds,

considering lack of cloud

cover and temperature.

1. Wind direction and speed.

2.Cloud cover and weather.

3.Wind direction and wind speed.

5.Wind direction, cloud cover, weather and wind speed.

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5.Wind speed.

6.Cloud cover and weather, wind speed and wind direction.

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7.Wind speed.

8.Weather.

9.Weather.

10 Wind direction and speed.

I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o'er vales

and hills….

Thin wispy high clouds

High, small, puffy and patchy

Tall, fluffy angry looking grey

clouds

Medium height, small puffy clouds,

patchy lines

Thin and uniform

Low, puffy and piled up

Uniform, thin to think layered

clouds, ill-defined

Broad and flat on the bottom, puffy

on top

Cirro- given to high altitude clouds- means

wisp of hair.

Alto- given to mid-altitude clouds- means

high.

Nimbo (prefix) or nimbus (suffix)- is used for clouds that bring rain.

Cumulo- means heap and refer to piles of

clouds.

Stratus- means layer and refers to flat wide

layered clouds.