Posts Tagged fog
- Layers and streets of cloud - July 5th, 2010 , Written By: Chris Noble | 1 Comment
- It must have been an insightful man… - January 26th, 2010 , Written By: Ross Marsden | 3 Comments
- Types of weather - October 1st, 2009 , Written By: Chris Webster | No Comments
Clouds come in many different types and are characterised and named according to both their shape and height in the atmosphere. While a single snapshot in time at a given location may only contain one type of cloud, there are many days when multiple cloud types can be observed in the sky at once. On [...]
It must have been an insightful man who decided to build the new meteorological office on the end of the ridge above the Botanical Gardens. If you are lucky you can observe some beautiful meteorology from the roof of the building. The Director at the time, Dr John Gabities, probably had a big say in [...]
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) sets recommended practices for coding and reporting weather observations and forecasts. For aviation reports, these codes are set in consultation with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). One of the bits of information that is coded up and distributed to the aviation community is what is called present weather. There are [...]