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  • Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, Summer weather
  • Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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Hello,

I am a student at a 6th form college and am considering completing an extended project qualification (EPQ). This is a 5,000 word essay which aims to answer a specific research question. The qualification is worth half of an A level, and the plan is that it could get me a reduced offer to study meteorology at the  University of Reading. Obviously, I am hoping to produce an essay on a meteorology topic, but I'm stuck between what exactly to research. It will have to be something with plenty of sources to reference, something that has been researched enough to write extensively about and reach a definitive conclusion. A few initial ideas are:

- Are tornadoes in the UK a threat to life and property?

-How are thunderstorm ingredients distributed across the UK?

-Tornado occurrence and preparedness in the UK.

-The role of topography on weather events in the UK.

Any advice on topics to look into would be appreciated. I'm particularly interested in convective weather but honestly all of meteorology is fascinating to me. If anybody has done a similar project I'd love to hear how it went. Cheers.

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  • Location: Aviemore
  • Location: Aviemore
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Just dropping this into the general weather section as it's more likely to get some replies in here 🙂 

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  • Location: Coventry, 95m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow Nov - Feb. Thunderstorms, 20-29°C and sun any time!
  • Location: Coventry, 95m asl
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13 hours ago, ThomasD27 said:

- Are tornadoes in the UK a threat to life and property?

-How are thunderstorm ingredients distributed across the UK?

-Tornado occurrence and preparedness in the UK.

-The role of topography on weather events in the UK.

I would choose between the 2nd or 4th one here simply as there's more info on those topics compared to tornado climatology in the UK as they don't pose that much of a threat or impact as many areas as in the states. Probably the second one I would go for. Dan Holley's paper on CAPE in the UK would be a good starting point if doing the second question.

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  • Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, Summer weather
  • Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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 Metwatch Thanks a lot for the feedback. I've talked to my supervisor and the main hurdle is that the essay needs to lead to a clear argument being made, rather than being overly descriptive. I definitely agree that tornadoes in the uk could be a bit of a dead end in terms of sources and data to analyse. 

Perhaps it may be better to move my focus to the US if I'm looking at severe weather, as they seem to have better archives and more "stuff" in general to work with. In terms of actually making an argument, I'm getting drawn towards comparing different weather set-ups, and which ones influence those thunderstorm ingredients most. Or maybe comparing states. Trying not to make too narrow a title to work with.

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  • Location: Exeter
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  • Location: Exeter
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I'm very biased but I think an essay about the recent development of machine learning based approaches to weather forecasting would be super cool (incidentally I did recently mark an undergraduate essay on this topic).  Otherwise perhaps explore a specific case study of an extreme event and the lead up to it (e.g. July 2022, although there are plenty of historical examples on the forum).

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  • Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, Summer weather
  • Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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 Earthshine Now that is an interesting topic! Thanks for the input. 

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