How to draw weather charts
- Tue, 8 Feb 2011
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Use the links below to download the full series of tutorials from Simon Keeling, showing you how to draw and use a DIY weather chart to predict the weather.
Using the Radio 4 Shipping Forecast and RYA Metmaps, Simon will show you how to:
- Take down the broadcast
- Plot the observations and
forecasts
- Identify areas of high
and low pressure
- Draw
isobars to join lines of equal
pressure
- Identifying and marking
fronts
- Use the
scales printed on the Metmap (which you can also download below) to
predict windspeed and how the
fronts will move
Download Weather Wise: Part 1
Download our Metmap / Crib Sheet with wind strength symbols, isobar intervals and a wind angle compass rose.
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