Welcome to the Met Notes and some useful links


Pretty much everything on course. There is no need to print out this data as it will be available for some months.

All the links below with (LFC) are our own notes, take a look at them.

Mare sure you look at Met Definitions and Met General Info below.  SNW.

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 (LFC) Met Definitions

 (LFC) Met General Information

(LFC) Most Important Chart Symbols and Observation Report Layout

Diurnal Variations of Temperature and Pressure

Land and Sea Breezes

(LFC) Decode help for Taf (Terminal Area Forecast)

(LFC) Decode help for Metar (Met Acutal Report)

 (LFC) Sample Sig Weather Low Level Forecast Form 215, explained

(LFC) Sample Upper Winds Chart Form 214

(LFC) Weather Changes caused by the passage of Warm and Cold Fronts

Some information about Jetstreams

Details about Convection

(LFC) Irish Met Service, Met Éireann Aviation Weather Service Phone Numbers etc

Atmosphere Composition and Layers

Lapse Rates

Wind Measuring Instruments

Wind Pressure and Temperature Relationships

History of Beaufort, and the Beaufort Wind Scale

Stability and Instability

 Data on Air Masses and Fronts

Inversions and Advection/Fog

Airframe Icing

Chart giving values of Relative Humidity based on wet and dry bulb variation

Density Altitude Information and Calculations

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Links with lots of info on Thunderstorms

Thunderstorm Development etc

Another useful Thunderstorm link

A little Information on Microbursts
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Some useful Data and Pictures of Clouds

 General info about Clouds

Links to selected Internet Instuction Sites

 Despell Some myths (MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS ONE)

 Some General Background Info, may be useful

 Info about Clouds Fog and Visibility

 Worth a look in here

  This is a useful site, but the presentation is a bit ancient