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Information on Weather Maps
for Western Washington State
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The weather maps for western Washington state show (when available):
(1) Plots of surface weather station reports, including:
- wind speed (in knots) and wind direction;
- cloud cover;
- temperature and dew-point temperature (both in degrees
Fahrenheit);
- sea-level pressure (coded, in millibars); and
- current weather (represented symbolically, if included); and
(2) Weather-radar echoes (showing precipitation intensities,
color-coded).
During summer and early fall during daylight hours, some images also
include:
(3) A GOES-West visible satellite image.
The time and date appearing on these maps is in Universal
Time Coordinates (UTC), formerly known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
(See
comments about time labels
for more information.)
For information about reading some of the meteorological information
on these maps, refer to the
key to weather-station plots
and
general description of visible and infrared satellite images; and
description of information on weather-radar maps and
general information about weather radars.
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Western Washington State Weather Map Menu
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