Meteorology help?

Question

http://weather.unisys.com/surface/meteogram/met_KPHL.html

How do you read meteograms?

Answer 1

This link will help you with this type of meteogram.

http://weather.unisys.com/surface/meteogram/details.html

Answer 2

Good question. The meteogram is read left to right which is the direction of time on the chart. At any time on the abscissa of this chart the vertical coordinate will reveal the weather at that time - pressure, cloud height, wind direction, weather, dewpoint and temperature. Looking at this chart gives one an idea of which way each of these variables is changing.

Answer 3

Meteograms are chart graphs eg. temperature over time or cloud ceiling height over time etc

This is a 25 hour time series for a particular station location. The plot is divided up into several subplots described top to bottom:
* Temperature and dewpoint chart - This shows temperature as the top line and dewpoint as the bottom line.
* EXTT (extreme temperature) - The maximum and minimum temperatures are plotted below the chart at specific reporting times. 12Z and 18Z are generally low temperatures and 0Z and 6Z are high temperatures.
* WX (present weather data) - This shows the weather being reported at that time as a weather symbol.
* SNWDP (snow depth) - This shows reported snow cover in inches.
* PREC (precipitation) - This shows precipitation totals in inches. The values are 24 hour totals generally at 12Z, 6 hour totals at 0Z, 6Z and 18Z, 3 hour totals elsewhere.
* VIS (visibility) - This shows the horizontal visibility in miles.
* WGST (wind gusts) - This reports wind gusts in knots if the winds are strong and gusty. This is generally the maximum wind reported over a several minute period during the observation of data.
* WIND (winds and cloud cover) - This is the standard wind and cloud cover symbols used in the surface data plots. Up is north.
* Cloud chart - This chart gives cloud layer information. The vertical axis is height of cloud base in feet and is logarithmic. The layers are plotted as horizontal lines. Clear skies are plotted as a 'C'. Scattered cloud layers (1/8th to 3/8th coverage) are plotted as a single short dash. Broken cloud layers (4/8th to 7/8th coverage) are plotted as two short dashes. Overcast layers are plotted as a single long dash. The actual cloud ceiling is displayed below the chart in 100s of feet if the ceiling is below 10,000 feet.
* Pressure chart - This chart plots sea level pressure (or altimeter setting if pressure not reported) in millibars.
* Time - This is the reporting time in universal time.