In meteorology, the synoptic scale (also called the large scale or cyclonic scale) is a horizontal length scale of the order of 1,000 km (620 mi) or more...

Mesoscale meteorology is the study of weather systems and processes at scales smaller than synoptic-scale systems but larger than microscale and storm-scale. Horizontal...

Look up synoptic or Synoptic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Synoptic may refer to: Synoptic scale meteorology, a meteorological analysis over an area...

breezes. Synoptic scale meteorology predicts atmospheric changes at scales up to 1000 km and 105 sec (28 days), in time and space. At the synoptic scale, the...

network equipment vendor from 1985 until 1994 Synoptic scale meteorology, a visualisation of meteorology (particularly forecasts) applicable to the geostrophic...

atmosphere). In synoptic scale we can expect horizontal velocities about U = 101 m.s−1 and vertical about W = 10−2 m.s−1. Horizontal scale is L = 106 m and...

as opposed to mesometeorology and micrometeorology. See also synoptic-scale meteorology. MAFOR A North American system used in the transmission of marine...

Its length scale is much smaller than that of and is embedded within longwaves, which are responsible for the largest scale (synoptic scale) weather systems...

The omega equation is a culminating result in synoptic-scale meteorology. It is an elliptic partial differential equation, named because its left-hand...

microscale and storm-scale cumulus systems, skjjoch as sea breezes, squall lines, and mesoscale convective complexes Synoptic scale meteorology – is a horizontal...

A weather map, also known as synoptic weather chart, displays various meteorological features across a particular area at a particular point in time and...

occur at various scales, from the microscale to the synoptic scale. Larger-scale troughs, also called Rossby waves, are synoptic in scale. Shortwave troughs...

provider. ZAMG is divided into departments, including the following: The synoptic scale metrology department is responsible for providing daily forecasting...

Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Within the region a tropical cyclone is defined as being a non-frontal low-pressure system of synoptic scale that develops...

winds in this region; however, due to a unique combination of synoptic scale meteorology and orographic phenomena, the jet winds can reach much greater...

Surface weather analysis Synoptic scale meteorology Harper, Kristine (2008). Weather by numbers: The genesis of modern meteorology. Cambridge, MA: The MIT...

and to the formation of clouds and precipitation. Large-scale convergence, called synoptic-scale convergence, is associated with weather systems such as...

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Archived April 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Glossary of meteorology. Synoptic scale. Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-05-10...

of meteorology are sometimes grouped together as "mesoscale and microscale meteorology" (MMM) and together study all phenomena smaller than synoptic scale;...

Explosive cyclogenesis (also referred to as a weather bomb, meteorological bomb, explosive development, bomb cyclone, or bombogenesis) is the rapid deepening...

cyclolysis. There are four main scales, or sizes of systems, dealt with in meteorology: the macroscale, the synoptic scale, the mesoscale, and the microscale...

is an unofficial scale of meteorological phenomena that ranges in size from 40 metres (100 ft) to about 4 kilometres (2 mi). This scale was proposed by...

tornado. Surface weather analysis Surface weather observation Synoptic scale meteorology Tail – (slang) A colloquial term for a tornado; most commonly...

largest scale (the synoptic scale). Warm-core cyclones such as tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones also lie within the synoptic scale. Mesocyclones...

cloud to one with a noticeable overshooting top and anvil (thanks to synoptic scale winds). Because of the chaotic nature of updrafts and downdrafts, pressure...

In meteorology a ridge or barometric ridge is an elongated area of relatively high atmospheric pressure compared to the surrounding environment, without...

blizzards, and tornadoes. These types of cyclones are defined as large scale (synoptic) low pressure weather systems that occur in the middle latitudes of...

currents; both are present at mesoscale while horizontal ones dominate at synoptic scale. Air currents are not only found in the troposphere, but extend to the...

Meteorologists affiliated with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) officially classify nimbostratus as mid-level for synoptic purposes while informally characterizing...