Welcome to the Met Notes and some useful links


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

All the links below with (LFC) are our own notes

Mare sure you look at Met Definitions and Met General Info sections

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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)

Runway condition codes (If included)

 (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

Beaufort wind scale

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

Density Altitude chart

Altimeter Information structure and errors

Conversion Inches to hPa chart

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Thunderstorm Development etc

A little Information on Microbursts
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Some additional useful data, pictures of clouds, etc

 General info about Clouds

 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