weather map
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈwɛðər mæp/
:
mapa del tiempo
- On the TV weather maps, heavy clouds cover the Japanese archipelago from Okinawa all the way up to northern Honshu.
- national weather map
- satellite weather map
- surface weather map
Examples
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You can see the rain and temperature changes on this weather map of the region for today.
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Will had looked at the weather map, and this was nothing unexpected.
Fiction book (1999) -
Here's a weather map of a storm coming in.
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Let's go to our weather map now for the grim details.
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Jamie stared at the weather map on the screen.
Fiction book (1999) -
Curving arrows indicated the path of the hurricane on the weather map.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the spring, when the days grew longer and warmer, he studied the weather map in the paper, watching the cold fronts march toward them, waiting for the day when the forecast would be for scattered thunderstorms.
Fiction book (1991) -
The weather map shows that a cold front is moving in, bringing snow to the area.
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Before heading out, I always check the weather map to see if I need an umbrella.
Synonyms
A map that shows weather in a place at one time, like wind and temperature
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a map that displays meteorological data' is directly and transparently built from the constituents 'weather' (state of the atmosphere) and 'map' (a chart), so a learner who knows both words can infer the compound's meaning. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English compounding, making it easily comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The weather map comes from maps that used simple pictures and colors to show where it would be sunny, rainy, or windy. That's why the name means a map that 'shows the weather'.