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How weather maps and charts are useful to us?
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Solution
Utility of weather maps:
- Weather maps help us to predict weather.
- Weather forecasting helps farmers, fishermen, soldiers, navigators and pilots in many ways.
- Disaster management is not possible without weather maps and charts. Weather Charts: The data received from various weather observatories are in plenty and detailed. As such, they cannot be incorporated in one single chart unless the coding designed to give the economy of expression is used. These are called synoptic weather charts and the codes used are called meteorological symbols.
Utility of weather charts:
- Weather charts provide the primary tools for weather forecasting.
- They help in locating and identifying different air masses, pressure systems, fronts and areas of precipitation.
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