These charts are full of information – providing many weather station plots that read the observed weather at that point of time displayed with symbols and numbers. A surface analysis weather ...

and many even have the neat charts on how to decode the old weather chart symbols like this: You can find this full chart (interesting to frame! And budding meteorologists will like it ...

There are many weather symbols on the chart highlighting all the main features of that day and on the meteorological maps the current weather is also shown. These symbols are used internationally ...

From hand drawn charts to magnetic symbols (always raised a smile when they fell off) and now to 3D moving graphics, the way the weather is presented has changed dramatically over the years.

Of the normal weather charts, the symbols are fairly self-explanatory. Met Eireann's explanations can be seen below. The forecaster could not predict exactly how thick the snow will be ...