Where to learn?

Snowbiee21

Hi guys I am really interested in people’s interest when looking at model watching . I am myself , haven’t really an idea how to read them only knowing some small bits and blobs. Could anyone tell me in where I can learn online . I’d appreciate your feedback thank you

Gaoth Laidir

I would start here www.theweatherprediction.com. He has really good tutorials on absolutely everything on weather and forecasting, including models.

For books, I highly recommend these http://www.weathergraphics.com/books/

Donegal Storm

Sea level pressure and 850hPa temperatures are the two main charts you see posted on here, usually from Meteociel. If you read up on those you'll have a decent idea of what's going on.

Simplest things to know is that air goes clockwise around high pressure and anti clockwise around low pressure and the closer together the isobars are, the stronger the wind. Those facts alone can give you a pretty good understanding of reading pressure charts. The colours show thickness which you can read up on

Here's a very rough view of todays setup which has strong low pressure over Iceland and strong high pressure over the Azores which are driving strong south westerly winds over us



Combine that with the 850hPa temp chart to get an idea of airmass temperatures and the precipitation charts for rainfall and it'll give you enough info to be able to make your own basic forecast

Snowbiee21

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Sea level pressure and 850hPa temperatures are the two main charts you see posted on here, usually from Meteociel. If you read up on those you'll have a decent idea of what's going on.

Simplest things to know is that air goes clockwise around high pressure and anti clockwise around low pressure and the closer together the isobars are, the stronger the wind. Those facts alone can give you a pretty good understanding of reading pressure charts. The colours show thickness which you can read up on

Here's a very rough view of todays setup which has strong low pressure over Iceland and strong high pressure over the Azores which are driving strong south westerly winds over us



Combine that with the 850hPa temp chart to get an idea of airmass temperatures and the precipitation charts for rainfall and it'll give you enough info to be able to make your own basic forecast

Really appreciate it , thank you!

Meteorite58

Some good facts here too and if you search back through the threads you will find links to other material.

http://www.metlink.org/secondary/key-stage-4/weather-systems/#depression


http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/node/142

piuswal

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

Hi guys I am really interested in people’s interest when looking at model watching . I am myself , haven’t really an idea how to read them only knowing some small bits and blobs. Could anyone tell me in where I can learn online . I’d appreciate your feedback thank you

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/learn-about-the-weather

might be worth a look also

piuswal

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

Hi guys I am really interested in people’s interest when looking at model watching . I am myself , haven’t really an idea how to read them only knowing some small bits and blobs. Could anyone tell me in where I can learn online . I’d appreciate your feedback thank you

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/come-rain-or-shine?utm_source=newsletter_segment&utm_medium=futurelearn_organic_email&utm_campaign=fl_january_2018&utm_term=15_01_2018_first_name_discover_something_new_in_2018

Weather affects our lives almost every day through what we wear, what we eat and what we do. But why is it rainy, windy or sometimes even sunny? Explore some of the physical processes driving UK weather systems and get hands on in the world of weather with practical activities and fieldwork. Try your hand at forecasting and have a go at interpreting weather maps and compare your results to our educator Dr Sylvia Knight’s. You’ll also watch our educators carrying out simple but effective experiments including creating clouds or simulating hot air rising and demonstrating the Coriolis effect.

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What topics will you cover?
Week 1:

Introduction to high and low pressure systems
Weather and climate differences
Depressions and anticyclones
Week 2:

Where does weather come from and why does it rain?
Air masses and types of rain
Measuring the weather
Week 3:

Global controls on weather
Global atmospheric circulation
Other weather systems: Monsoons, Tropical cyclones and El Niño/La Niña.