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clouds with rain coming out of it
That is what meteorologists use to show us what is going on with the weather and what weather to expect. The map and symbols that you see on the television are only a very small part of how they come up with a forecast. There are weather models and different weather data that they use to actually come up with the forecast and make the map you see on television.
They use symbols due to the fact that if they used the maps and data they look at to come up with forecast you see on the television the public would not understand it. So they use symbols so the public viewers will understand better at what is going on with the weather.
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Symbols are used to shorten the names of the elements.
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clouds with rain coming out of it
Weather Symbols are basically symbols that represent weather for example If I ask you a question and like The letter H is the weather symbol for and then I give you the following answers just think about what you could pick.
That is what meteorologists use to show us what is going on with the weather and what weather to expect. The map and symbols that you see on the television are only a very small part of how they come up with a forecast. There are weather models and different weather data that they use to actually come up with the forecast and make the map you see on television.
They use symbols due to the fact that if they used the maps and data they look at to come up with forecast you see on the television the public would not understand it. So they use symbols so the public viewers will understand better at what is going on with the weather.
red L's
symbols
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Chemical symbols are used to represent elements.
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