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What do the weather forecast symbols mean?

The meaning of the weather forecast symbols on the Apple mobile phone is as follows:

The main content of the weather forecast is the cloudiness, rain, snow, maximum and minimum temperatures, and wind direction in a region or city for a period of time in the future. and wind and special disastrous weather. As far as our country is concerned, the meteorological observatory accurately predicts the location and intensity of natural disasters such as cold waves, typhoons, and heavy rains.

Extended information

Each symbol represents a certain weather. Symbols representing cloud shapes include cirrus clouds, cirrocumulus clouds, cirrostratus clouds, altocumulus clouds, nimbostratus clouds, cumulonimbus clouds, etc. Symbols representing weather phenomena include: thunderstorms, tornadoes, heavy fog, continuous heavy rain, light snow, light showers, etc. In addition, there are symbols indicating changes in wind direction, speed, cloud cover and air pressure.

All these symbols are filled in in their respective geographical locations in a uniformly prescribed format. In this way, meteorological elements such as wind, temperature, humidity, air pressure, clouds, cloudy, sunny, rain, snow, etc. that can be observed in a wide area at the same time can all be filled in on a weather map. This forms weather maps representing different times.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia: Weather Forecast