Self-Paced Courses – Introduction to Weather
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This is a great introduction and foundation to weather. While we call it an ‘introduction’ it has everything you need to set sail. We like to continue our weather study and learning all the time – we are calling our course ‘introduction’ to encourage you to do the same.
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What you get:
- Unlimited support via phone or email
- Video presentations taking you through:
- Introduction to weather
- What is weather?
- What causes weather?
- Trade winds
- Clouds
- Synoptic charts
- Isobars
- Highs and lows
- Cyclones/Tropical revolving storms: development and warning signs: action
- Ridges, troughs, frontal depressions
- Warm and cold fronts, occluded fronts: what does this mean to us?
- Jet streams
- Line squalls
- Local weather patters
- Storm surge
- Synoptic charts – forecast and a case study
- Barometer
- Pressure and wind strength
PLUS
7 QUIZZES to test your knowledge step-by-step
21 VIDEOS, sit back and watch and learn
CHECKLIST – Cyclone Preparation (download)
ARTICLE/PHOTOS – Clouds
ARTICLE – Interpret, adjust, prepare: forecasting
TIPS/TRICKS – what we learned to watch for with over 20 years on the water
DISCOUNTED BOOK: Understand Weather – A Mariner’s Guide
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More information:
Sailing the world we relied on WeatherFax for our weather. For over 20 years we studied synoptic charts together with local forecasting.
Here is a bit more information on Synoptic charts: Click here
Here’s one story as to why you must constantly monitor the weather
Do you understand storms: Click here.