Synoptic Scale

Surface pressure charts show the surface pressure pattern using isobars (lines of equal pressure) and indicate areas of high (H) and low pressure (L) along with their central pressure value at a "synoptic" scale, that is to say at a large scale which shows migratory pressure systems and related fronts on a single chart.

UK Met Office

An analysis chart, which shows the observed state of the weather, is issued by the UK Met Office along with forecast charts up to five days ahead. These are updated every 12 hours around 0730 UTC and 1930 UTC, with the exception of charts for days four and five which are only issued once per day at 1930 UTC. The reason that these two charts are only issued once a day is because that far ahead the forecast surface pressure pattern will change more significantly, due to uncertainty at this longer time period, and there is limited value in updating it every 12 hours.