Day 346: Mapa del Tiempo de Hoy
The United States has a large hispanic population, and within this population are people who do not understand English. Because of this, many National Weather Service offices try to produce their forecasts and products in both and English and Spanish form. Above is the English version of today’s weather map, and below is the Spanish version. Both of these were generated by the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. It’s fascinating to see the different symbols used for “Low” (Bajo) and “High” (Alto).
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Patrick Marsh is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas in 2005 and a Masters of Science in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma in 2007. In addition to working on his doctorate, Patrick serves as the National Severe Storms Laboratory Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed where his research interests lie in working with operational forecasters, data mining, data visualization, and all things high-impact weather. For more about Patrick's work, check out his complete CV!
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