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.
A shelf cloud such as this one can be a sign that a squall is imminent
A weather front is a boundary separating air masses for which several characteristics differ, such as air density, wind, temperature, and humidity. Disturbed and unstable weather due to these differen
Surface weather analysis
…of relevant quantities such as sea level pressure, temperature, and cloud cover onto a geographical map to help find synoptic scale features such as weather fronts. The first weather maps in the 19th century were drawn well after the fact to help devise a theory on storm systems. After the advent of the telegraph…
Approaching storm fronts are often visible from the ground, but are not always as well defined as this.
Convective precipitation
ISS 48 Towering cumulonimbus and other clouds over the Earth