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Isotachs maps have lines on weather maps that connect points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded. These maps can show patterns of where the wind is going and how far a particular system is progressing across a part of the United States. When the isotach lines are close together it shows a larger magnitude in the gradient of wind speed for that area. The image shown above is a snap shot of the status of a wind system of the northeastern continental shelf of the United States and it also can be extrapolated that the high speed wind system is moving south from the majority of the map.
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