Secondary students

This section contains information on many different weather and climate topics. Along with resources for you to learn from, there is also a series of case studies.

Weather and climate

Climate change
Clouds
Thunderstorms
Air masses
Tropical cyclones
Tornadoes
Microclimates
Water in the atmosphere
Climate of the UK
Monsoons

Weather observing

Satellites
Measuring moisture in the atmosphere
Lightning location
Weather observations
Observing rainfall

Weather forecasting and charts

Weather systems
Weather charts
Weather forecasting
Guide to shipping forecast

Case studies

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Boscastle floods (August 2004)
European heatwave (August 2003)
Bodmin snow (November 2005)
Strong winds (June 2004)
Hurricane Katrina (August 2005)

October 2000 storms
Great storm of 1987
Flood alert!
Winter chills: 1947 and 1963
Beaufort scale
London's killer smog 1952
Climate of south-west England