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9th Apr 2006

Forecasting Weather and Climate


Chris Smith

Kat Arney

Bringing a ray of sunshine to the studio this week is Alex Hill from the London Met Office, who will be describing how meteorologists predict the weather on a daily basis, Dr Tim Palmer from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting reveals how understanding seasonal weather patterns can help scientists predict outbreaks of malaria, Dr Emily Shuckburgh from Cambridge University discusses how faraway oceans can affect our local weather, Fran Beckerleg braves the roof of the London Weather Centre, and Sheena Elliott joins Derek Thorne in Kitchen Science to shed light on why the sky is blue.

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Questions

 

Why do bubbles of gas form on the sides of the bath or glass while or after you have run the water?


 

Are there any immediate effects of sun spots on the weather, such as when solar bursts occur? What about long term cycles like the eleven year sun spot cycle. Do they affect jet streams and so on?


 

You can predict the weather months in advance, but sometimes the weather forecasters don't even get it right next week. Do look back on your predictions and work out how accurate you are and refine your models?


 

We're having a nasty dust storm at the moment, which brings me to my question: what causes wind gusts?


 

How does the weather affect weaker ocean currents?


 

On many different occasions, I've noticed that in a thunder storm the lightning can be pastel blue or yellow or even green or pink. My question is why does the colour vary from one storm to another?


 

On Tuesday morning, the BBC website five day forecast predicted that there would be rain. On Tuesday afternoon, the website had changed to predict five days of cloud and sun. How can the forecast for five days change within a few hours?



Kitchen Science

 

Why is the sky blue?

Build a model atmosphere in your kitchen and use it to find out why the sky is blue.





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