Course length:  3-5 days

Location: On request

Aim: An introduction to weather and forecasts and their impacts on the marine/offshore environment.

On completion of this course you will be able to:

• Interpret a weather chart
• State what impacts fronts and associated weather can have on marine operations
• Identify clouds and state what weather they can produce
• Explain why air masses are useful in forecasting the weather
• Describe the forecasting process and its limitations
• Explain how probability forecasting can be used to identify risk
• Describe the tidal process
• Explain the effect of meteorological influences (wind and pressure) on sea state

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