synoptic

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Some frustrated users turned to humour: "As much as I love a good game of hide and seek, can you tell us where you're hiding synoptic charts or drop some clues?"

From BBC

That’s because, by the time a large-scale synoptic system makes its way across the country and evolves over time, it typically reaches the Southeast right during those evening hours.

From Scientific American

Tornado outbreaks are associated with a large-scale synoptic system.

From The Verge

What unites these writers is their disregard for traditional disciplinary boundaries and a determination to reach for synoptic knowledge of stupefyingly complex subjects.

From New York Times

Several days out, it’s possible to begin keying in on the positions of synoptic, or larger-scale, features that are important to the forecast.

From Washington Post