Surface observations / WPC surface analysis: feeds current
Surface observations: Feed current; checked .
WPC surface analysis: Feed current; checked .
Checked means retrieved, not newly issued. Each graphic retains its issue, observation, initialization or valid time. Site publishing status is separate.
Surface: what stations observe and WPC analyses
On the map
- Observed temperature, °F, above-left of the station
- Observed dew point, °F, below-left
- Observed temperature and dew point are left off the map on a screen this narrow: the table below lists every station’s.
- Observed wind: the staff points to where it blows from; a full barb is 10 kt, a half 5, a pennant 50; a ring is calm
- Analysis cold front
- Analysis warm front
- Analysis stationary front
- Analysis occluded front
- Analysis dry line
- Analysis trough
- Analysis high and low pressure centres, with their pressure in millibars
WPC’s bulletin does not say which side of a front its symbols go, so this map draws no triangles or half-circles; each front is named on the map and in the list.
Observed 2,233 stations, each at its own time, most between and . Airport and other automated stations’ reports (METARs), as AviationWeather.gov decodes them. Left out: 471 reports flagged by the station for maintenance and no reports that cannot be right; no other quality control is applied here.
Analysis WPC’s surface analysis valid , issued . A forecaster’s analysis of the fronts and pressure centres at that hour, every three hours.
WPC analyses no front across Rhode Island; troughs are drawn on the map.
Every station in Rhode Island (3)
| Station | Observed | Temperature | Dew point | Wind | Pressure | Visibility | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOQU | 64 °F | 64 °F | 220° 5 kt | — | 5 mi | BR | |
| KPVD | 65 °F | 58 °F | 330° 5 kt | 1005.9 mb | 10+ mi | — | |
| KWST | 65 °F | 64 °F | 250° 4 kt | 1005.6 mb | 3 mi | BR |
Surface observations checked · Data: NOAA/NWS Aviation Weather Center
WPC surface analysis checked · Data: NOAA/WPC
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