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• Seeing the bigger picture: How satellite data shapes Met Office forecasts

  Non-Executive Directors News & media Media centre Campaigns Contact the Press Office Weather & climate news Corporate news Official news blog Contact us Send us your feedback Ways to contact us How to find our offices Information for visitors Seeing the bigger picture: How satellite data shapes Met

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  , a drawing. This aims to prompt questions about ‘big ideas’. The stimuli suggested in this programme have been selected to encourage cross-curricular thinking beyond geography and science, including for example, art and literacy. In preparation for the group to be able to generate their own ‘big

• metoffice_forecastingandprediction_firstexplorations_22-04_p4c.pdf

  if you could choose the weather you wanted — what would you choose and why? How do you feel when the weather is not what you expected it to be? How do you feel when it’s your favourite weather? How do you feel when it’s your favourite weather? Big question: Is the weather important to everyone? Big question: Is there such a thing as perfect weather? Big question: Is there such a thing as perfect weather?

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  if an extreme weather event would happen in your local area? How would people be warned? How do you feel when there are weather warnings? How do you feel when a storm is forecast? How do you feel when there are weather warnings? Big question: Does warning people always makes them take action? Big question: Should all extreme weather be named? Big question: Does warning people always makes them take action?

• metoffice_bringingdatatolife_deeperdiscovery_p4c.pdf

  ? Big question: Do technology and innovation always improve a situation? Big question: Should people react badly when computers get things wrong? Big question: Do technology and innovation always improve a situation?

• metoffice_forecastingandprediction_deeperdiscovery_22-04_p4c.pdf

  in the future? How do you feel when you haven’t checked the forecast and you get caught out by the weather? Big question: How do we know when to trust information? Big question: Is knowing about the future important? Big question: How do we know when to trust information?

• metoffice_climatechange_firstexplorations_p4c.pdf

  feel when you see images of polar bears on melting ice and pictures of people playing in fountains? Is there a difference? Big question: Do images communicate better than words? Big question: Are there ways to measure things without numbers? Big question: Do images communicate better than words?

• metoffice_extremeweather_deeperdiscovery_p4c.pdf

  disrupts your life? How do you feel when you hear poetry about weather? How do you feel when nature disrupts your life? Big question: Does it matter if humans influence the weather? Big question: Can a poem be used to inform people? Big question: Is there such a thing as perfect weather?

• metoffice_climatechange_deeperdiscovery_p4c.pdf

  change? How do you feel when you see images of polar bears on melting ice? What about pictures of people playing in fountains in a heatwave? Is there a difference? How do you feel when you see data and information about climate change? Big question: Should art be used more to communicate complex ideas

• Clarity

  the web. Our forecasts for tomorrow are right six times out of seven. Here you will find some facts about weather forecasting – an insight into our foresight. Weather forecasting — the big picture 01 Observations are essential FACT 1 — Before we forecast the weather, we collect observations