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List the typical data gathered at surface weather observation stations in the United States.
 
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What is typically shown on a surface weather map?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer: These sites record temperature, humidity, pressure, cloud conditions (including type and height, and the percentage of sky obscured by cloud), wind direction and speed, visibility, the presence of significant weather, such as fog or rain, and accumulated precipitation readings at ground level.

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Answer: Surface station models, isobars, fronts, areas of precipitation, centers of high and low pressure.





 

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