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Demystifying the science behind the weather and why it matters
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From Sunny Spells to Rainy Days
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Every second the weather around us changes... but what actually is it?
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Understanding Our World
Learn why the weather is an essential part of our daily lives
Demystifying the weather
WHAT
is meteorology?
HOW
do forecasts work?
WHY
does it matter?
Explore the Met Office
Who invented the weather?
It Started With Astrology
Learn the origins of weather lore
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From Early Shipping Forecasts...
...To the Invention of Supercomputers
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Clouds
Weather Fronts
Air Masses
Storms
Clouds are made of water and ____ crystals
Clue: you might put this in your drink
Ice
CM2 Opaque Altostratus or Nimbostratus (Met Office)
Dust
Ice
Salt
Limestone
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What's the weather like...
In Space
How the weather out there affects us down here
At Britain's Highest Point
Explore the Ben Nevis Observatory
At the Ends of the Earth
Go on a polar expedition
Key moments in weather history
Shipping Forecast
D-Day Landings
The Titanic Sinking
Chernobyl
English Summer Snow
The Great Storm
Historical weather reports
It's raining cats and dogs!
How Do Weather Forecasts Work?
Learn the importance of their role in keeping us informed
How a forecast is made
Weather studies 101
What Factors to Consider
How to Record the Weather
Learn Citizen Science
Voyages of Marine Discoveries
El Niño vs. La Niña
What is Quasi-Biennial Oscillation?
Masters of meteorology
Met Office
A brief history
BBC
Over 100 years of forecasting
National Meteorological Archive
Five hidden treasures
National Meteorological Library and Archive
The UK's largest meteorology collection
What was the weather like for the BBC's first forecast?
Clue: you wouldn't be able to see much
Foggy
Daily weather report for the first weather forecast on the BBC (Met Office)
Sunny
Snowy
Foggy
Rainy
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Why weather matters
Our Climate is Changing
We are already seeing changes to weather patterns and average temperatures
UK climate projections
Get climate ready
Extreme Weather is Becoming More Common
Storm, freeze, heat, and flood
How You Can Help Protect the Planet
Get climate ready
More about climate change
Battling climate change
Climate change and heritage
How weather inspires art
Painting
Studying the skies
Poetry
"'I wandered lonely as a cloud"
Theatre
Singing in the rain
Cloud formations in paint
After the Hurricane, Bahamas
by Winslow Homer
Mount Kosciusko
by Eugene von Guerard
Poplars in the Sun
by Claude Monet
The Starry Night
by Vincent van Gogh
Dort or Dordrecht
by J. M. W. Turner
Guess the location of these weather scenes
Geo Artwork
Guess the origins of artifacts
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