In this activity, you’ll be looking at the factors which determine whether a mid-latitude country gets snow. By looking at various charts, you’ll be able to see whether anywhere in …
We’d like you to have a go at trying to predict the weather in our weather game. Don’t worry if you don’t know anything about forecasting the weather yet! Why …
This course is for everyone who has an interest in learning more about weather across the world. However, there are certain sections in the course which may be particularly useful …
We’re now going to show you a case study of orographic rain through a series of different figures including a weather map, satellite image and precipitation map. By looking at …
How are you getting along with the Week so far? In this and the next Step we’ve provided two different exercises to help you test what you’ve just learnt about …
Welcome to Come Rain or Shine: Understanding the Weather, a free online course produced by the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading and The Royal Meteorological Society. The …
Welcome back to your final week of ‘Come Rain or Shine: Understanding the Weather’. In Weeks 1 and 2 you explored the weather systems experienced within the mid-latitudes, particularly focusing …
We hope you’re enjoying the course so far. Now we’ve got your attention, for those looking for something a bit more challenging we have gathered some extra material which you …
This week we continue to look at the weather patterns based in the Mid-Latitudes, still focusing on the UK. In the video, Sylvia outlines this week’s topics and introduces you …
Many scientists have studied Mars and its atmosphere is well understood. Although it’s only around half the size of the Earth, with no oceans and a thin atmosphere composed almost …
Huge explosive volcanic eruptions in the Tropics, energetic enough to push sulphur gases up into the stratosphere where they condense into aerosols, can have a cooling effect on climate by …
In the next Step you’ll be able to consolidate what you’ve learnt so far by reading a weather map. Let’s first summarise what has been covered. Weather systems act to …
The polar front jet stream is a belt of westerlies in the upper troposphere, with wind speeds up to 200mph. It sits at a around 10km, the height at which …
If a depression were passing over you, when would you expect there to be cloud, what sort of cloud would you see, and when would it rain? Please note diagrams …