Clips
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Vortex
A whirling mass of air in the form of a column or spiral, usually seen as a cyclone or area of low pressure.
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Waterspout
A tornado occurring over water. It normally refers to a small, relatively weak rotating column of air over water beneath a Cumulonimbus or towering Cumulus cloud.
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Radiosonde
An instrument that is carried up into the sky by a balloon to send back information on atmospheric temperature, pressure and humidity by means of a small, expendable radio transmitter.
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Atmospheric pressure
The pressure at any location on the Earth, caused by the weight of the column of air above it. At sea level, atmospheric pressure has an average value of 1013 millibars. Atmospheric pressure varies from place to place but always decreases with altitude.
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At the mercy of The Great British Weather
Tomasz Schafernaker on the challenges of live TV: "Giving a weather forecast on the news is one thing, but explaining the physics of why things 'pop out of thin air' to a live audience will be a new challenge for me."
Read and comment on Tomasz's post on the BBC TV blog
Credits
- Series Editor
- Denis O'Connor
- Presenter
- Alexander Armstrong
- Presenter
- Carol Kirkwood
- Presenter
- Chris Hollins
- Participant
- Larry Lamb
- Executive Producer
- Richard McKerrow
- Executive Producer
- Anna Beattie
