The Basics

37 articles in this category

1. Useful links to basic information and learning material

   By Blessed Weather, May 24, 2019   

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   • May 24, 2019

2. 500mb Anomaly charts - how to use them

   By johnholmes, January 25, 2021
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   • Comment by mushymanrob
   • January 26, 2021

3. 850hpa temperatures and snowfall

   By snowking, December 27, 2020
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   • December 27, 2020

4. Ao, El Nino, La Nina, Nao - Definitions

   By johnholmes, March 26, 2019
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   • March 26, 2019

5. Cloud Types

   By SP1986, October 1, 2019
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   • Comment by Jo Farrow
   • March 28, 2022

6. Contrails, what are they?

   By johnholmes, December 19, 2018
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   • December 19, 2018

7. Definition of a thunderstorm

   By johnholmes, October 1, 2019
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   • October 1, 2019

8. Dewpoint

   By Paul, October 1, 2019
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   • October 1, 2019

9. Dynamic Tropopause

   By knocker, November 4, 2019
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   • November 4, 2019

10. How To Understand What Is Meant By Dam

    By johnholmes, March 26, 2019
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    • March 26, 2019

11. Humidity

    By highcliffe2, October 1, 2019
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    • October 1, 2019

12. Mean Temperatures

    By johnholmes, October 1, 2019
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    • Added by johnholmes
    • October 1, 2019

13. Measuring air temp. Official Met. Observations

    By Jo Farrow, October 4, 2019
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    • Comment by Jo Farrow
    • October 4, 2019

14. Met Office Temperature Definitions

    By johnholmes, October 1, 2019
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    • Added by johnholmes
    • October 1, 2019

15. Meteorological Definitions

    By johnholmes, December 19, 2018
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    • December 19, 2018

16. Polar Lows

    By johnholmes, October 1, 2019
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    • October 1, 2019

17. Seasonal Forecasting – An Overview

    By Blessed Weather, October 7, 2019
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    • October 7, 2019

18. Shortwave Features

    By J10, March 26, 2019
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    • March 26, 2019

19. Skew-T Diagrams

    By johnholmes, October 1, 2019
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    • Comment by Paulg
    • February 18, 2022

20. Summer synoptic setups

    By Thundery wintry showers, December 19, 2018
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    • December 19, 2018

21. The Arctic Oscillation (AO)

    By lorenzo, August 1, 2017
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    • August 1, 2017

22. The mechanism behind a Sea Breeze

    By johnholmes, March 26, 2019
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    • March 26, 2019

23. Thunderstorms

    By Supercell, October 1, 2019
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    • October 1, 2019

24. Thunderstorms In The British Isles

    By Nick F, March 26, 2019
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    • Comment by ChannelThunder
    • April 20, 2020

25. Tropical Cyclones - Plain, Sub, Post or Extra. A guide to Low Pressure naming

    By Paul, March 26, 2019
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    • March 26, 2019

26. UK Airmasses

    By Paul, March 26, 2019
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    • Comment by Mizzle
    • September 2, 2020

27. UK Winter Setups

    By Thundery wintry showers, October 28, 2018
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    • October 28, 2018

28. Weather Abbreviations

    By SMU, October 1, 2019
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    • October 1, 2019

29. What are Noctilucent Clouds?

    By Paul, March 26, 2019
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    • Comment by Jo Farrow
    • October 7, 2019

30. What constitutes a drought - definitions

    By johnholmes, March 26, 2019
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    • March 26, 2019

31. What data does the GFS use?

    By Paul, October 1, 2019
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    • October 1, 2019

32. What is the polar vortex?

    By Paul, March 26, 2019
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    • Added by Paul
    • March 26, 2019

33. Will it Snow? by John Holmes

    By Blessed Weather, December 29, 2020
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    • Added by Blessed Weather
    • December 29, 2020

34. Wind

    By Supercell, October 1, 2019
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    • Added by Supercell
    • October 1, 2019

35. Windchill

    By Paul, October 1, 2019
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    • Added by Paul
    • October 1, 2019