History of surface weather analysis

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The history of surface weather analysis concerns the timetable of developments related to surface weather analysis.  Initially a tool of study for the behavior of storms, <a href="/facts/Surface_weather_analysis/9BsJAYXl">surface weather analyses</a> became a work in progress to explain current weather and as an aid for short term <a href="/facts/Weather_forecasting/nzqyMFCa">weather forecasting</a>. Initial efforts to create surface weather analyses began in the mid-19th century by using <a href="/facts/Surface_weather_observation/qaYDMKYk">surface weather observations</a> to analyze <a href="/facts/Isobar_(meteorology)/35Qten5r">isobars</a>, <a href="/facts/Isotherms/35Qten5r">isotherms</a>, and display temperature and cloud cover. By the mid-20th century, much more information was being placed upon the <a href="/facts/Station_model/7NDyradC">station models</a> plotted on weather maps and surface fronts, per the <a href="/facts/Norwegian_cyclone_model/QeKU3xJj">Norwegian cyclone model</a>, were being analyzed worldwide. Eventually, observation plotting went from a manual exercise to an automated task for computers and plotters. Surface analysis remains a manual and partially <a href="/facts/Subjectivity/XVvftgCU">subjective</a> exercise, whether it be via hand and paper, or via a workstation.
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History of surface weather analysis