Figures 12-29 show mean daily surface level pressure charts for each of the zonal Grosswetterlagen circulation patterns. Table 4 summarises the important characteristics of each circulation type evident in the mean surface level pressure chart.
| Grosswetterlagen | Description | Characteristics |
| Na | North Anticyclonic | |
| Nz | North Cyclonic | |
| HNa | North Iceland High Anticyclonic | |
| HNz | North Iceland High Cyclonic | |
| HB | British Isles High | |
| TrM | Central European Trough | |
| NEa | North-East Anticyclonic | |
| NEz | North-East Cyclonic | |
| HFa | Fennoscandian High Anticyclonic | |
| HFz | Fennoscandian High Cyclonic | |
| HNFa | Norwegian Sea - Fennoscandian High Anticyclonic | |
| HNFz | Norwegian Sea - Fennoscandian High Cyclonic | |
| SEa | South-East Anticyclonic | |
| SEz | South-East Cyclonic | |
| Sa | South Anticyclonic | |
| Sz | South Cyclonic | |
| TB | British Isles Low | |
| TrW | Western European Trough |