Definitive Guide to Weather Map Analysis - Part 1 - Contour Analysis Basics [4oIlEbjZW1z]
Welcome to my Definitive Guide to Weather Map Analysis! In this multi-part series, we'll take a deep dive into how to properly analyze weather data at each important level of the atmosphere, a foundational skill of weather forecasting. By the end of this series, you should be able to analyze a weather map by hand and identify notable features that can impact a given storm environment. In this video (Part 1), I'll discuss the basics of contour analysis, also known as isoplething. We'll talk about what isopleths are and how isopleths/contours are drawn within fields of data, including a couple of basic examples. Contents: 0:00 Introduction 1:13 What is an isopleth? 1:54 Names of isopleths for different variables 4:16 Contour analysis rules 7:41 Basic contour analysis example 13:06 Contour analysis example #2 (closed isopleths) 14:41 Summary