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Also Known As synoptic weather map • synoptic map • synoptic chart

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Weather map of Earth's Northern Hemisphere showing the locations of various frontal boundaries, isobars, and high- and low-pressure centres.
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Alexander Buchan
Alexander Buchan
British meteorologist