Met Office Weather Workshops Programme 2022
bookings are open!
We are delighted to be entering our fourth year of collaboration work with the
Met Office delivering specialist weather workshops to members around the UK.
These sessions have been carefully designed to support the syllabi of Mountain Training's qualifications as well as to enhance the knowledge of qualified leaders and instructors. They are all about the practical application of information gained from weather forecasts during the planning stage and dynamically whilst out in the hills and mountains.
The Met Office are eager to engage with the mountain user community, passing on information to help the public understand how to use the forecast information provided; enabling them to make informed decisions whilst enjoying their time in the great outdoors.
The workshops are being delivered by a team of experts from the Met Office and include Dr. Mike Reading, Senior Operational Meteorologist from the Met Office in Aberdeen.
2022 will see the workshops returning to in-person events run at a variety of locations around the UK. We've also programmed one workshop in June that will remain online with a possibility of offering another online date later in the year.
The in-person workshops will still include a self-taught session using the pre-course resources and materials hosted on the new Met Office learning portal (exclusive to attendees) to gain a prior understanding of Airmasses and Weather Fronts.
"The two course presenters were superb. Extremely clear and knowledgeable - very patient with the technology and with the mixture of levels of experience within the group. I felt comfortable to offer up daft questions or to have a punt at an answer no matter how wrong I was (which I certainly did!) Their passion and expertise were infectious" - James Weaver, 2020 (online session)
"Just a quick note to say, what a fantastic training day yesterday with the Met Office!! Learnt so much! Extremely knowledgeable speakers. Well done to everyone that helped organise it. We should book these two speakers on a regular basis. Fantastic!" - Matt Burgin (in-person session)
2022 dates & locations
If you are interested in this great training opportunity, click on the links below and secure your place:
Take our e-learning module
If you want to learn more about the weather, or you want to test your current knowledge, did you know we have a
Mountain Weather e-learning module also created in partnership with the
Met Office? Learn how to plan a journey in the hills and mountains and recognise common meteorological signs.
Complete the module and earn 0.5 CPD points!