About Learn about the weather

This course provides an introduction to weather patterns and events around the world, explaining the main drivers that determine the weather on a seasonal and daily basis. Youll explore how the professional weather forecasts for your area have been made and how reliable they are likely to be. Learn about the weather is one of a series of 100-hour flexible online courses introducing fascinating topics in science. It allows you to learn about this topic just for interest and enables you to try out a new area of study before you commit yourself to further study. You can register and begin this course at any time and will have at least 6 months to complete it. This is a non-credit bearing version of the now discontinued Understanding the weather.