<s>
A	O
spaghetti	B-Application
plot	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
spaghetti	B-Application
chart	I-Application
,	O
spaghetti	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
,	O
or	O
spaghetti	B-Application
model	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
method	O
of	O
viewing	O
data	O
to	O
visualize	O
possible	O
flows	O
through	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
composed	O
of	O
deterministic	O
forecasts	O
from	O
atmospheric	B-Application
models	I-Application
or	O
their	O
various	O
ensemble	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spaghetti	B-Application
diagrams	I-Application
have	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
study	O
why	O
butterflies	B-Application
are	O
found	O
where	O
they	O
are	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
see	O
how	O
topographic	O
features	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
mountain	O
ranges	O
)	O
limit	O
their	O
migration	O
and	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
mammal	O
distributions	O
across	O
central	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
these	O
plots	O
have	O
correlated	O
their	O
edges	O
to	O
regions	O
which	O
were	O
glaciated	O
within	O
the	O
previous	O
ice	B-Device
age	I-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
certain	O
types	O
of	O
vegetation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
meteorology	O
,	O
spaghetti	B-Application
diagrams	I-Application
are	O
normally	O
drawn	O
from	O
ensemble	B-Application
forecasts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ensemble	O
members	O
will	O
generally	O
diverge	O
over	O
time	O
and	O
spaghetti	B-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
a	O
quick	O
way	O
to	O
see	O
when	O
this	O
happens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spaghetti	B-Application
plots	I-Application
can	O
be	O
a	O
more	O
favorable	O
choice	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
mean-spread	O
ensemble	O
in	O
determining	O
the	O
intensity	O
of	O
a	O
coming	O
cyclone	B-Device
,	O
anticyclone	O
,	O
or	O
upper-level	O
ridge	O
or	O
trough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
ensemble	B-Application
forecasts	I-Application
naturally	O
diverge	O
as	O
the	O
days	O
progress	O
,	O
the	O
projected	O
locations	O
of	O
meteorological	O
features	O
will	O
spread	O
further	O
apart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
forecast	O
models	O
within	O
tropical	B-Application
cyclone	I-Application
track	I-Application
forecasting	I-Application
can	O
be	O
plotted	O
on	O
a	O
spaghetti	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
to	O
show	O
confidence	O
in	O
five-day	O
track	O
forecasts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
climatology	O
and	O
paleotempestology	O
,	O
spaghetti	B-Application
plots	I-Application
have	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
correlate	O
ground	O
temperature	O
information	O
derived	O
from	O
boreholes	O
across	O
central	O
and	O
eastern	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
other	O
disciplines	O
,	O
spaghetti	B-Application
diagrams	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
show	O
the	O
motion	O
of	O
objects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
drifting	O
weather	O
buoys	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spaghetti	B-Application
diagrams	I-Application
were	O
first	O
used	O
to	O
track	O
routing	O
through	O
a	O
factory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spaghetti	B-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
a	O
simple	O
tool	O
to	O
visualize	O
movement	O
and	O
transportation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spaghetti	B-Application
plots	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
track	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
drug	O
trials	O
amongst	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
patients	O
on	O
one	O
individual	O
graph	O
to	O
determine	O
their	O
benefit	O
.	O
</s>
