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the bigger picture: How satellite data shapes Met Office forecasts Author: Press Office 24 September 2025 Weather shapes everything from our daily routines to the resilience of national infrastructure. That’s why accurate, reliable meteorological observations are more crucial than ever. The Met
, 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
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?
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?
? 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?
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?
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?
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?
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
when you see or hear about flooding in the UK? What about when you hear about flooding somewhere else in the world? Big question: What does it mean to be safe from the weather? Big question: Does being prepared always help you? Big question: Does being prepared always help you?
