Station Model - Weather Maps

Station Model

The weather station is the place where all the data about the weather are being recorded, evaluated and documented. Station model is the symbolic drawing of the current weather condition, based on the collected data of weather elements in the particular station. The weather elements observed are shown in symbols in station models.

The value highlighted in the upper left corner is the temperature in degrees Celsius. The above image portrays the temperature as 12 degrees Celsius. The value highlighted in the lower left corner is the dew point temperature in degrees Celsius. According to the above example, the dew point of temperature which is 5 degrees Celsius. The image at the centre refers to cloud cover which is 7/8 cloudy. The value highlighted in the upper right corner represents the last three digits of the sea level pressure or in other words, Barometric pressure reduced to sea level. 

The above image indicates the sea level pressure as 105 millibars. The symbol extending from cloud cover is the wind barb, that shows wind direction and wind speed (velocity). According to the image, the wind blows from the North East direction to the South West direction at a speed of 15 knots.