Weather Observation What is the weather in different places?
What is the weather in....? How do we know what the weather is in different places in the UK? The key is that people will observe the weather and this will be recorded using a standard set of symbols
The weather station
Cloud Cover
Type of Precipitation
Wind Speed
The Infrared Satellite Map
Pressure systems
Weather fronts
Analysis Map 1 st Oct 2001
Forecast for 2 nd Oct 2001
Synoptic maps
Cloud cover
Composite map
Summary of the weather today What type of weather system? Anticyclone or Depression? What are the main characteristics of the weather? Temperature? Rainfall? Pressure? Wind Speed? Cloud Cover and Cloud Type?
Next Day We will be looking at Depressions in a lot more detail. Watch the weather and try to see how the weather is going to change over the next few days. What will be the dominant weather system and why?