1. Weather Warnings What we are going to look at today:
Why we have weather warnings
The types of weather warnings
Weather warning symbols

2. What have I learned today?
What I know
What I want to know
How do I find out more
What have I learned today?
Alternatively - Complete table using digital website -

3. KWHL Chart
Think about what you already know about weather warnings. Think about what you want to know about weather warnings. Complete the first two columns in the table.

4. Why do we have weather warnings?
Weather warnings are in place to protect the lives and livelihoods of all of the nation’s citizens, and to lessen the damage to property and disturbance to economic activity at times of severe weather.
Red
Yellow
Orange

5. Matching Activity Be Prepared Take Action Be Aware
Collaborate together in order to match the descriptions to the weather warning symbols.
Be Prepared
People should take action to protect themselves & their properties. Stay indoors, avoid danger zones. Severe weather warning.
Take Action
Weather conditions that do not pose an immediate threat to the general population, but only to those exposed to risk by nature of their location and/or activity.
Be Aware
Weather conditions which have the capacity to impact significantly on people in the affected areas. People should prepare themselves for the anticipated conditions.

6. Matching Activity Be Aware Be Prepared Take Action
These are the correct matched solutions… How did you do?
Be Aware
Weather conditions that do not pose an immediate threat to the general population, but only to those exposed to risk by nature of their location and/or activity.
Be Prepared
Weather conditions which have the capacity to impact significantly on people in the affected areas. People should prepare themselves for the anticipated conditions.
Take Action
People should take action to protect themselves & their properties. Stay indoors, avoid danger zones. Severe weather warning.

7. Click on the image to enter the meteoalarm website
Click on the image to enter the meteoalarm website. Click on the map of Europe to print. Colour in the map to match the current weather warnings for Europe. The meteoalarm website shows the weather warnings across Europe right now.
MeteoAlarm
Image taken 16th October meteoalarm.eu

8. Weather Conditions Wind Thunderstorms Snow / Ice Fog Forestfire Rain
Draw the symbols for each weather condition below…
Weather Conditions
Wind
Thunderstorms
Snow / Ice
Fog
Forestfire
Rain
Flood
Low Temperature
High Temperature
Avalanches
Solution: meteoalarm website.

9. Research Booklet
Print the next few slides to create a weather warning booklet to keep in your classroom.
Using the Met Éireann website, record the weather warning conditions for each page in your booklet.
Click here to access the information link from Met Éireann.

10. Weather Warning Booklet
Name: _____________________
Date: _____________________

11. Wind Weather Warnings

12. Thunderstorm Weather Warnings

13. Snow / Ice Weather Warnings

14. Fog Weather Warnings

15. Rain Weather Warnings

16. Flood Weather Warnings

17. Low Temperature Weather Warnings

18. High Temperature Weather Warnings

19. Coastal Wind Weather Warnings

20. Digital Weather Monitoring Tools
Monitor the weather conditions over Ireland by clicking opening the links within: Scoilnet Learning Path – Ophelia Weather Monitoring.