SYNOPTIC SCALE (OR LARGE SCALE)


Meaning of SYNOPTIC SCALE (OR LARGE SCALE) in English

Size scale referring generally to weather systems with horizontal dimensions of several hundred miles or more. Most high and low pressure areas seen on weather maps are synoptic-scale systems. Compare with mesoscale, storm-scale. -T-

Weather and meteorology English vocabulary.      Английский словарь погоды и метеорологии .