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BML Revision: Meteorology (Section 2)

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Revision card 2 of 12 — Boatmaster's Licence, Tier 1 Level 1 Underpinning Knowledge, MSN 1853 Annex 9.

What You Need to Know

  • The weather services available to shipping — know what's out there before you need it, not during a passage
  • Meteorological terms in enough depth to actually interpret conditions, not just recite definitions
  • Types of cloud, cloud cover and precipitation
  • Visibility, including horizontal visibility — define it precisely
  • How to make non-instrumental observations (reading the sky and sea state without instruments)
  • How to recognise and respond to an extreme weather forecast or rapidly emerging conditions

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