1. Weather Observation What is the weather in different places?

2. 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

3. The weather station

5. Cloud Cover

6. Type of Precipitation

7. Wind Speed

8. The Infrared Satellite Map

10. Pressure systems

11. Weather fronts

12. Analysis Map 1 st Oct 2001

13. Forecast for 2 nd Oct 2001

14. Synoptic maps

15. Cloud cover

16. Composite map

17. 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?

18. 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?