A one day course covering the following;
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Global Weather Patterns: why we have weather and seasons, the Jet Streams and their importance, the Coriolis Effect and the general surface distribution of the major pressure systems.
 Weather Charts and Forecasts: synoptic and surface forecast charts, geopotential height charts, GRIB data, ensemble forecasts and weather sources in general in the GMDSS system and beyond.
 Mid-Latitude Weather: depressions, mid-level troughs and ridges, frontal systems, heat lows, rain/sleet/snow/hail, high pressure systems and the ominously named “storm track”.
 Boundary Layer Weather: this is the bit we go sailing in, and covered in this section are sea and land breezes, gusts and fog.
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Topographic Effects: wind coming on to and off land, surface convergence and divergence, acceleration zones, katabatic winds and Chinook winds.
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Tropical Weather: a definition, the Hadley Cell, trade winds, the ITCZ, diurnal variation, tropical waves, tropical revolving storms, monsoons and squalls
For more information please contact tim.ellis@ryascotland.org.uk
To book on please return the form below
Closing date for bookings Friday 19 th December
There are limited places please book ASAP to avoid disappointment

Simon Rowell Weather Presentation
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by Friday
19 th December 2014.