Selected Weather Map Symbols



Surface Station Model

Temp (F)
Weather
Dewpoint (F)
Pressure (mb)
Sky Cover
Wind (kts)
Data at Surface Station
Temp 45 °F, dewpoint 29 °F,
overcast, wind from SE at 15 knots,
weather light rain, pressure 1004.5 mb

 

Map Symbols

Sky Cover Wind Fronts Selected
Weather Symbols
clear Calm cold front warm front Rain
1/8    1-2 knots (1-2 mph) stationary front occluded front Rain Shower
scattered    3-7 knots (3-8 mph) trough
Thunderstorm
3/8    8-12 knots (9-14 mph) radar intensities
colors.gif (518 bytes)
Drizzle
4/8    13-17 knots (15-20 mph) tornado (T) #300 
t_box.gif (346 bytes)
or wxsym/k2.gif (141 bytes) Snow
5/8    18-22 knots (21-25 mph) severe thunderstorm (S) #287s_box.gif (354 bytes) Snow Shower
broken    23-27 knots (26-31 mph)   Freezing Rain
7/8    48-52 knots (55-60 mph) Freezing Drizzle
overcast    73-77 knots (84-89 mph) Fog
obscured 103-107 knots (119-123 mph) Haze
missing
Shaft in direction wind is coming from
Smoke
  Dust or Sand
Blowing Snow

Modified from the American Meteorological Society's DataStreme Project.