Surface weather analysis isotherms (lines of equal temperature), and isotachs (lines of equal wind speed) are drawn. The abstract weather symbols were devised to take up the least room possible on weather maps. A synoptic scale feature is one whose dimensions are large in scale, more than several hundred kilometers in length. Migratory pressure systems and frontal zones exist on this scale. Centers of surface high- and low-pressure areas that are found within closed isobars on a surface weather analysis are the absolute maxima and minima in the pressure field, and can tell a user in a glance what the general weather is
Moody chart (Pa) (or head loss, "h" (m)) and flow rate through pipes. Head loss can be calculated using the Darcy–Weisbach equation in which the Darcy friction factor "f" appears : This formula must not be confused with the Fanning equation, using the Fanning friction factor "f", equal to one fourth the Darcy-Weisbach friction factor "f": Pressure drop can then be evaluated as: or directly from where "ρ" is the density of the fluid, "V" is the average velocity in the pipe, "f" is the friction factor from the Moody chart, "L" is the length of the pipe and "D" is the