A-level and higher education

Observations and charts

• Current observations
• Past data catalogue
• Satellite imagery
• Weather charts
• Weather data for researchers

Weather observing

• Satellites
• Measuring moisture in the atmosphere
• Lightning location
• Weather observations
• Observing rainfall

Weather forecasting and charts

• Weather systems
• Weather charts
• Weather forecasting
• Guide to shipping forecast

Weather and climate

• Climate of the British Isles
• Climate change
• The atmosphere
• Air masses and fronts
• Clouds
• Microclimates
• Water in the atmosphere
• Monsoons
• Thunderstorms
• Tropical cyclones
• Tornadoes
• Lapse rates

Case studies

• October 2000 storms
• Great storm of 1987
• Flood alert!
• Winter chills: 1947 and 1963
• Beaufort scale
• London's killer smog 1952
• Climate of south-west England

Bibliography
Recommended textbooks for teaching weather and climate.

Weather topic links
Alternative information sources to help the understanding of various aspects of the weather.